Lagos Police Commissioner, Owohunwa, had after Mohbad’s demise set up a 10-man team to investigate his death
By Kehinde Okeowo.
A Lagos Coroner Court has been told that further examination of the body of
late singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba aka Mohbad is currently being conducted in the United States (US).
TheNiche had earlier reported that the late singer died in controversial circumstances on September 12 and was hurriedly buried the following day in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
Following the outcry that trailed his death, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, ordered a forensic Investigation to unravel the cause of the death.
Thereafter, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa based on the IGP’s directive, set up a 10-man team, including a pathologist to exhume the singer’s corpse and investigate his death.
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Addressing the Coroner Magistrate, Adetayo Shotobi on Wednesday, the state counsel, O. Akinde, said that the autopsy into the external body of the deceased had been completed.
He, however, added that the most crucial aspect of an autopsy to determine the cause of the death of the singer is currently ongoing in the US.
Akinde said: “The toxicology test, which has to do with the internal body, is being done in the US.”
The Lagos State counsel made the disclosure following the concerns raised by the counsel to Mohbad’s father, David Fadimu, TNKay Music Worldwide’s counsel, David Nawoola, and representative of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikorodu, O.S.A. Aranmolaran.