The Coroner’s court sitting in the Ikorodu area of the state granted the permission after entertaining an application brought before him by the family of Mohbad through their lawyer, Wahab Shittu (SAN)
The family had applied for an independent autopsy, citing suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of the deceased and the inconclusive nature of the one conducted by the state government.
Mohbad died under controversial circumstances on September 12, 2023, and his body was buried the next day.
On September 21, his body was exhumed, and an autopsy was performed following public outrage.
Shittu had stated that the pathologist in charge of the autopsy informed the coroner that Mohbad’s body had decomposed by the time the test was conducted, making it impossible to ascertain the cause of death.
In a statement on Tuesday, Monisola Odumosu, a member of the Aloba family’s legal team, announced that a two-part autopsy is being conducted on Mohbad.
Odumosu disclosed that the first phase of the autopsy had been carried out last week, while the second phase involved a toxicology and histology test. She stated that the procedure was witnessed by Joseph Aloba, Mohbad’s father, and a pathologist representing Wunmi, the late singer’s wife.
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,” the statement read.
“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.
“This comprehensive procedure, conducted last Friday, was witnessed only by MMrJoseph 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.”
