Joseph Aloba, the father of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has disclosed reasons for seeking a second autopsy on his son. He cited doubts about the initial autopsy results conducted by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).
Joseph Aloba, the father of the late singer, revealed in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES that he has been granted permission by a magistrate court in Ikorodu to conduct a second autopsy. Following the family’s rejection of the initial autopsy results.
The first autopsy
The initial autopsy, performed after Mohbad’s body was exhumed on September 21, 2023, failed to determine a cause of death due to decomposition and potential medication reactions.
The first autopsy report on the late singer revealed a drug reaction as a possible cause of his death.
According to The Cable, the autopsy and toxicology tests were conducted at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. They suggested the possibility of a fatal anaphylactic shock or drug reaction as the possible cause of Mohbad’s death.
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The report claims that the hospital retrieved samples of the late singer’s gastric contents, blood, bone marrow, liver, kidney, and lung for a toxicology test.
What Mohbad’s father said
But Aloba expressed concerns about the delay in releasing the results, which took almost seven months, and the alleged potential manipulation of the process.
Aloba said, ” A lot of things have bothered me throughout this process. There was a reason the government instructed us to exhume Mohbad. Those things were not accomplished; apparently, there was an eagerness to bury Mohbad.
“Firstly, I doubt these results because of the lengthy time before we were given them. According to the medical personnel, an autopsy is meant to take 8-10 weeks, but it took almost 6-7 months.
“When the results came out, I was in doubt. The autopsy results stated that it was not ascertained from any angle, which I am not pleased with. That’s why I am moving to a private autopsy.”
The Lagos State Government’s autopsy report
When asked about potential manipulation of the process, Aloba responded,“I doubt the government’s report because of the time wasted. There was a time when I had to leave Lagos for Abuja to gain more enlightenment about this autopsy process. I met a medical expert. He was the one who even made the move, and if not for him, we would have been waiting.
“They (the Lagos government) delayed a lot of things, and this is not done anywhere. They collected the sample immediately after the death, and in the end, they did not do anything about the death. After that medical expert called, they gave him time. They gave him ten weeks then, and they still didn’t release the results after those ten weeks. What was delaying the issue? It’s not like I doubt the government, but delay can result in denial. That was the reason I wholly doubted the first autopsy results.”
Regarding reports of pressuring his daughter-in-law, Wunmi Aloba, for a DNA test to ascertain the paternity of his grandson, Liam, Aloba clarified: “I never threatened her; I only want to ascertain the paternity of my grandson, Liam. Wunmi is my friend; I can say it boldly: we don’t have a grudge, not until the coroner process started, and I was in pain.”
Aloba, however, applied to the Lagos State government for a private autopsy and the DNA test. He stated that he needs to take an affirmative stance on his grandson’s paternity.
He added that the DNA test is one of the means that can reveal the cause of the death of Mohbad.
