SECOND AUTOPSY FAILS TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF MOHBAD’S DEATH
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
Another attempt to uncover the true cause of death of musician Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has hit a dead end.
Independent forensic pathologist, Dr. Uwom Eze, who conducted a second autopsy and forensic medical review, told the coroner, Magistrate Adedayo Shotobi, during Friday’s inquest that the cause of Mohbad’s death could not be determined due to the advanced stage of decomposition at the time the body was examined.
Mohbad, aged 26, reportedly died on September 12, 2023, under questionable circumstances after sustaining an injury on the back of his right arm. He was treated at his Lekki home by a supposed nurse, received an injection, and died shortly after developing sudden convulsions. He was buried the following day.
Following massive public outrage, the Lagos State Government ordered an autopsy, and Mohbad’s body was exhumed on September 21, 2023. However, the results released on April 29, 2024, concluded that the cause of death could not be determined due to the moderate to severe decomposition of his internal organs.
A second autopsy was ordered in June 2024 by the Magistrate Court in Ikorodu, at the request of the Aloba family. Despite this fresh attempt, Dr. Eze, in his latest findings, maintained that the cause of death remains unknown. However, he suggested that a severe reaction to the injection given before the musician’s death is “plausible.”
“Considering all the postmortem findings, ancillary tests, and available information, a major disruption of vital organ systems resulting in fatality due to a severe and rapid hypersensitivity reaction to a substance administered by parenteral route is plausible,” he said.
Dr. Eze, while being examined by the family’s legal counsel, Wahab Shittu (SAN), described the nurse’s handling of Mohbad as a “medical misadventure.”
“We were beaten by nature, as the body had undergone severe postmortem changes. The injury he sustained wasn’t penetrative and couldn’t have caused death,” he added.
In his report dated October 28, 2024, Dr. Eze further stated that toxicology tests ruled out the presence of illicit or psychotropic substances, noting, “I saw nothing lethal or of toxicological significance that was given to him, but we can’t rule out a reaction.”
Several witnesses also testified at the inquest.
Music promoter Samson Balogun-Eletu, also known as Sam Larry, appeared virtually. He denied accusations of bullying or assaulting the deceased and claimed Mohbad owed him ₦2 million from a failed concert in Dubai. He urged the coroner to focus on those who were with the singer before his death, as he was abroad at the time.
Another witness, Fidelis Esandor, a car hire driver, said he drove Mohbad, his wife Wunmi, and others to a show in Ikorodu days before his death. He testified about a heated quarrel between the couple and said the singer sustained his injury after hitting his arm on a windshield. Despite the bleeding, Mohbad was neither taken to a hospital nor a pharmacy and stayed home until the following morning.
Dr. Chigozie Owuala of Perez Medicare Hospital, Lekki, where Mohbad was brought in dead on September 12, 2023, stated that the singer began convulsing and vomiting after receiving an injection at home. He added that delayed presentation by the family and lack of proper medical diagnosis may have contributed to the tragic outcome.
The inquest will resume on April 25.
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