Mohbad’s family performs second autopsy, awaits result

The family of the late singer, Mohbad, has conducted a fresh autopsy seeking to determine the cause of his death.

It would be recalled  that the singer’s family had expressed dissatisfaction with the initial autopsy results, which were deemed inconclusive.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that reported that the Magistrate of the Coroner Court sitting in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, T.A. Shotobi, on June 26, granted an order to the late singer family to engage a licensed and certified pathologist for a completely independent autopsy on Mohbad.

The court also ordered that the applicant, Aloba, should bear all costs associated with the examination, evaluation, and autopsy.

Speaking, Monisola Odumosu, a member of the family’s legal team, in a statement on Tuesday, said the autopsy was conducted on Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20.

Odumosu noted that the family would proceed to carry out toxicology and histology tests on the necessary samples already obtained if the post-mortem procedure failed to reveal the cause of death.

“The second autopsy as requested by the Aloba family and ordered by the Magistrate of the Coroner Court, Ms. T.A. Shotobi, was conducted on Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20, 2024. This autopsy is a two-part exercise, with the first part now completed.

“If the cause of death cannot be determined from this initial examination, the second part will proceed, involving a toxicology and histology test on the necessary samples already obtained,” the statement read in part.

The legal team further disclosed that the procedure was witnessed by Mohbad’s father and two separate pathologists appointed by him and Mohbad’s wife, Wunmi.

“This comprehensive procedure, conducted last Friday, was witnessed only by Mr. Joseph Aloba, the forensic pathologist appointed by Mr. Joseph Aloba and his team, legal representatives of both Mr. Joseph Aloba and  a pathologist appointed by Wunmi Aloba to observe the procedure,” the statement added.