A pathologist, Prof Shokunle Shoyemi, yesterday told a Magistrate court in Ikorodu that the cause of death for Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, known as ( Mohbad) could not be determined as his body was too decomposed by the time an autopsy was performed.
The musician died on September 12, 2023 and was buried the following day. He was aged 27
His death generated controversies, promoting Lagos State Government to direct a coroner’s inquest into the death.
The inquest began on October 13, 2023, is taking place at the Ikorodu Magistrates Court.
The professor told the court that the autopsy was conducted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in which photographs were taken for documentation.
Shokunle noted that the body of the later singer Mohbad was not embalmed and was decomposing before it was brought for autopsy.
After the results came, Prof Shokunle said that they discovered puritan, caffeine and paracetamol and a superficial injury on the left hand and the cause of his death was conclude as uncertain.
He also told the court presided by Magistrate Adedayo Shotobi that when the body was going to be exhumed they found out that heavy stones were been placed on top of the grave which took them four hours to remove.
Shokunle concluded that an allegation that the late singer’s neck was bent and bleeding after death was false.
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