By Lukman Olabiyi
The Lagos State Coroner Inquest sitting in Ikorodu has granted the family of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, permission to conduct an independent autopsy and toxicology test on the deceased.
The court granted the prayer following an application by the deceased’s family for such an order.
The family had applied for an independent autopsy after the previous autopsy conducted by the Lagos State Government was declared inconclusive.
The Aloba family’s legal team had rejected the results and pushed for an independent postmortem.
According to the statement obtained by Saturday Sun on Friday and signed by the head of the family’s legal team, Taiwo Odumosu, the court during its sitting on Wednesday also ordered that all legal expenses for the conduct and process of the toxicology test would be borne by the Aloba family.
The statement reads in part, “The court has ordered that all legal expenses for the conduct and process of the toxicology test would be borne by the Aloba family. The deceased’s father, mother, and wife are also required to be present during the autopsy.
“The Coroner’s Court chaired by T.A Sonubi, who gave the order however said that all the legal expenses on the conduct and process of the toxicology test would be borne by the Aloba family.
“The application was brought because the late Ilerioluwa Aloba (Mohbad), died in suspicious circumstances on the 12th day of September 2023 and the applicant and his family are desirous of getting an independent autopsy and toxicology test to be done as a second opinion of the prospective autopsy report of the death of late Ilerioluwa Promise Aloba (Mohbad).
“The court further ordered that the father, mother and the wife of the deceased must be present at the autopsy.”
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