The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Lawal Pedro, SAN, on Monday, said the toxicology report and other forensic analysis conducted in the United States on the late singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, also known as Mohbad, is out.
He said the autopsy report is now with the Lagos State Pathologist, as well as the coroner magistrate.
Pedro disclosed this at a press conference while answering questions from journalists on the upcoming strategic stakeholders’ meeting and commemoration of his first year in office, held at the Ministry of Justice Conference Room, Alausa, Ikeja.
He said: “On the Mohbad case, yes, I agree there has been a delay, and the delay is caused by time taken for investigation.
“Forensic, analysis, toxicology, all these are part of the investigation. Full proof investigation that can lead at least to conviction in a case that is presented before the courts.”
The Attorney General explained that the forensic examination would not have been done in the United States if the Lagos DNA and Forensic Centre had not been burnt during the #EndSARS protest of October 2020.
Speaking on the case of a female lawyer, Otike-Odibi, who killed her lawyer husband, Symphorosa Otike-Odibi, and cut off his manhood, the AG said the matter suffered delay because the case file was among documents that got burnt when the Igbosere High Court was burnt by EndSARS protesters, also in 2020.
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He further added that the matter had been reassigned to a new judge, Justice Sherifat Sonaike, following the retirement of the trial judge, Justice Adedayo Akintoye.
He, however, said henceforth, no case would be allowed to last more than 24 months in court.
Recall that Mohbad’s death on September 12, 2023, initially reported as natural causes, has been marred by skepticism and a public clamour for a deeper investigation.
Despite an official autopsy intended to shed light on the circumstances of his demise, the report has sparked further debate, casting long shadows over his family, friends, associates, and the broader Nigerian music community.
The official autopsy, which was meant to serve as a definitive account, instead, became a centerpiece of controversy. Critics argued that its findings did not align with the symptoms and conditions leading up to Mohbad’s death.
Accusations of mishandling and a lack of transparency have been levied against the authorities, prompting the Lagos State government to initiate a coroner’s inquest, which eventually ordered a second autopsy.
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