A pathologist, Prof Shokunle Shoyemi has told a Lagos Coroner sitting in Ikorodu that the cause of death for late singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad was concluded as “uncertain”.
He said the cause of death of the music star could not be determined as his body was too decomposed by the time an autopsy was performed.
Prof Shoyemi told the Coroner, Magistrate Adedayo Shotobi that despite extensive efforts, the advanced state of decomposition rendered a conclusive autopsy impossible.
He said the situation left many questions about the circumstances surrounding his death unanswered.
He told the court the autopsy was conducted at the Lagos state University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in which photographs were taken for documentation.
Prof. Shokunle told the court that the body of the late singer Mohbad was not embalmed and had began to decompose before it was brought for autopsy.
After the results came out, he said they discovered puritin, caffeine and paracetamol and a superficial injury on the left hand.
He said Mohbad’s death was concluded as “uncertain”.
Prof Shokunle also told the court that nothing contributed to the death and stressed in addition that the information about the late Mohbad’s neck being bent and still bleeding after death as false.
He said the late singer’s neck was still okay.
Shokunle told the Coroner court that when the body was to be exhumed, they found that heavy stones were placed on top of the grave which took them like four hours to remove.
Also, a witness who was cross examined on the death of the singer, Owodeni Ibrahim a childhood friend of Mohbad said he and the late singer had known each other since childhood and have been friends since secondary school days.
Ibrahim told the court that he knew Ilerioluwa (Mohbad) to be a calm, smart and a hardworking guy and never knew him to be unstable. “Everytime I see Mohbad he is always okay” he said.
Ibrahim told the coroner court that himself and the late singer were on their way to a show from Lekki to Townhall at Ikorodu with the wife of the late singer known as Cynthia, with the driver of the car and two other friends of the late singer.
He told the court that Mohbad and his wife got into an argument in the car and he tried to calm Mohbad down but Mohbad got angry with him for not supporting him.
He said he got down from the car to clear the road while the late singer continued quarreling with the wife.
Ibrahim also told the court that Cynthia who was the wife of the late Mohbad got angry when Mohbad told her he doesn’t know if the baby between them belongs to him because he only meet with her once and later claimed to be pregnant for him.
Ibrahim told the court that he advised Mohbad not to marry his spouse and that Mohbad told her to stay away from him.
He also told the court that he noticed that Mohbad face was swollen when he asked him what happened he replied that he was shooting a video with Omoniyi Temidayo , known professionally as Zlatan Ibile, when Sammy Larry came to threaten him.
He said he had reported it to the police.
The Coroner, Magistrate Shotobi adjourned the matter June 11, 2024.
