Determining the actual cause of the death of musician Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called Mohbad, may remain a myriad.
An independent forensic pathologist, Dr. Uwom Eze, who conducted a second autopsy and forensic medical review on the late musician’s body failed to determine the cause of his death.
Dr. Eze told the Lagos coroner, Magistrate Adedayo Shotobi, yesterday that the cause of his death could not be determined.
He said this was due to the advanced stage of decomposition and other changes in his body at the time his corpse was examined.
The coroner court sitting at the Magistrate Court, Ikorodu had in June 2024 issued an order for a second autopsy to be conducted upon the request of the Aloba family.
Dr Eze told the court that the cause of Mohbad’s death was unknown, but that he would not rule out severe reaction to an injection administered on him shortly before his death.
“‘Considering all the post-mortem findings including ancillary tests and available information, a major disruption of vital organ systems of the body with resultant fatality due to a severe and rapid hypersensitivity reaction to a substance administered by parenteral route is plausible.”
Dr Eze also said during his examination by Mohbad’s family counsel, Wahab Shittu (SAN) that the handling of the musician by the supposed nurse looked like a “medical misadventure. We were beaten by nature, as the body has undergone severe postmortem changes.
The injury he sustained can’t cause death, as it wasn’t a penetrative one.”
Dr Eze added in his report dated October 28, 2024 that the toxicological analysis also excluded the presence and role of any drug abuse and psychotropic drugs in the body samples tested.
“I saw nothing lethal or of toxicological significance that was given to him, but we can’t rule out a reaction.”
Other witnesses that testified included music promoter, Samson Balogun-Eletu, a.k.a Sam Larry.
In his virtual testimony, he denied bullying or assaulting the deceased as alleged.
He told the coroner that Mohbad owed him N2 million from a botched concert performance in Dubai, which had yet to be paid.
He asked the coroner to probe those who were with Mohbad before his death, as he was out of the country at the time.
Another witness, Fidelis Esandor, a car hire driver, said he drove Mohbad, his wife and others, Wunmi, to a show at Ikorodu few days to his death.
He said he witnessed a fierce quarrel between the couple and had to intervene at intervals.
He also testified that the musician got injured after hitting his arm on his windshield.
According to him, despite the bleeding, Mohbad wasn’t taken to a hospital or pharmacy, but was at home throughout the night until he left them by 11am the next day.
A fourth witness, Dr. Chigozie Owuala of Perez Medicare Hospital, Lekki, said Mohbad was brought in dead on September 12, 2023, after findings showed that he started convulsing and vomiting after a nurse injected him at his home.
He also noted that the death could be linked to late presentation of the deceased by the family and lack of proper diagnosis by a qualified medical doctor.
Further proceedings continue on April 25.
