Court Grants Mohbad’s Family Permission For Second Autopsy, 10 Months After Singer’s Controversial Death
By Omowumi Omotosho
Justice is still sought ten months after the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, known as Mohbad, died. Mohbad, 27, died on 12 September 2023 under controversial circumstances.
Almost a year after his death, there appear to be conflicting reports over the cause of his death.
However, a recent development seems to have brought hope to the family, and his fans are seeking answers.
A court has finally granted his family permission to conduct a second autopsy. This decision comes after the family expressed dissatisfaction with the initial autopsy results, which were deemed inconclusive.
After several clamours for justice to ascertain the cause of his death, his body was exhumed on 21 September 2023 for an autopsy by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).
The autopsy, which commenced in September 2023, released on 7 June, failed to determine the cause of death.
The inconclusiveness of the autopsy results was attributed to body decomposition and potential reactions to medications he received before his death.
The Aloba family rejected the results and, on 16 June, urged the Lagos State Government to confirm the autopsy’s authenticity because of the public’s doubts and conflicting reports.
Mohbad’s family appealed to the coroner’s inquest’s presiding magistrate to ensure that an independent toxicology report is submitted to the court before the final report is submitted to the authorities.
The coroner’s inquest, whose role is to determine the identity of the deceased, the time, cause, and manner of death, has so far revealed that the first autopsy provided no conclusive cause of death.
During a Wednesday hearing at a magistrate court in Ikorodu, Mohad’s family and their legal representatives were granted permission for a second autopsy,at a subsequent press conference, the family and their legal team confirmed they received the court’s authorisation to proceed with the additional autopsy.
