Lawal Pedro, the Lagos state attorney general, says the toxicology report and forensic analysis conducted in the United States on the late singer Mohbad, finally is out.
Mohbad, born Ilerioluwa Aloba, died under mysterious circumstances on September 12, 2023. He was buried the following day.
On September 21, 2023, his body was exhumed for an autopsy at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), which revealed no significant findings that could be attributed to his death.
Mohbad’s family had rejected the results and demanded an independent investigation.
According to Monisola Odumosu, a member of the Aloba legal team, a two-part autopsy was being conducted. She said the first part had been completed and the second involved toxicology and histology tests.
Speaking at a recent press conference at the ministry of justice conference room in Ikeja, Pedro said the Lagos state pathologist is in custody of the autopsy report which was conducted at a medical facility in the United States.
The attorney general attributed the delay to a prolonged investigation into the case.
He also disclosed that the forensic examination would not have been done in the US if the Lagos DNA and Forensic Centre had not been burnt during the #EndSARS protest of October 2020.
Pedro revealed that the toxicology report is now with the Lagos state pathologist and the coroner magistrate.
On the Mohbad case, yes, I agree there has been a delay, and the delay is caused by time taken for investigation, he said.
Forensic, analysis, toxicology, all these are part of the investigation. Full proof investigation that can lead at least to conviction in a case that is presented before the courts.”
