By Oluwatosin Maliki
The Lagos State Police Command has broken silence concerning the autopsy report of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, which has not been released.
Recall, Quest Times reported that the corpse of the late singer, Mohbad was exhumed for an autopsy in order to unravel the cause of the singer’s untimely death.
The sudden death of Mohbad on September 12 had sparked controversies in Nigeria and beyond, hence, the police got involved and set up an investigative team to determine what led to the singer’s demise.
According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, he had tweeted in September that an “autopsy has been concluded” and the police were “awaiting result.”
Although, in October, the then Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, named the prime suspects linked to the death of the singer, where he further disclosed that Mohbad vomited and developed goosebumps after he was injected three times by a nurse, Feyisayo Ogedemgbe, on September 12, 2023.
Consequently, some of the suspects were subsequently charged to court.
However, the state Police Command last Friday, released singer Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley and Balogun Samson, known as Sam Larry, after the court granted them bail, the duo met their bail conditions and were freed from police custody. They were previously arrested as part of an investigation into Mohbad’s death after videos of assault against the late singer surfaced online. The other suspects in police custody includes; Spender (Mohbad’s friend) who allegedly fought with Mobad, and the auxiliary nurse.
Concerning the autopsy result, Hundeyin revealed that the command had yet to get the report officially.
Hundeyin stated, “The autopsy report has not been given to us. Some people have been carrying rumours that it’s ready. It’s one thing for it to be ready, it’s another thing for it to be given to us officially – that we would receive and sign a copy that we have received it. So, we don’t work with rumours, we work with facts.”
Meanwhile, few days ago, a couple of Nigerian celebrities had taken to social media to demand for Mobad’s autopsy result, so as to retrieve his body for burial, among them is Nigerian artiste, Bella Shmurda, who had on Saturday appealed to the police to release the remains of Mohbad.
He wrote on his X account (formerly Twitter) late Saturday, Bella expressed concerns over the prolonged delay in the release of Mohbad’s body, which had been held for autopsy for the past two months.
Hence, he appealed to the police to expedite the process and release the body to facilitate a dignified funeral arrangement. Additionally, Bella requested the prompt disclosure of the autopsy results.
He wrote, “It’s been over two months since Mohbad died and his body was taken in for autopsy but yet no result, which is fine but please release his body. That boy needs a befitting burial and to go to rest finally. Naija Police, what’s going on? We need an answer here: where is the result? Where is his body?”
In addition, Hundeyin noted that only the singer’s family lawyer could write to the pathologists to release the autopsy result or it would be independently given to the police when it is ready.
