The Lagos State Police has continued their detailed investigation into the tragic death of popular singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, known professionally as Mohbad, focusing on the circumstances surrounding his passing and the subsequent illegal embalming of his body.
The investigation intensified this week as new developments emerged.
On Thursday, the police at Zone 2 Police Headquarters in Lagos summoned Mohbad’s family and several individuals connected to the case for questioning.
Among those interrogated was Boluwatife Adeyemo, also known as Darosha, who served as Mohbad’s Personal Assistant.
The questioning session was conducted in the presence of the late singer’s parents, Joseph and Abosede Aloba.
According to a statement from Monisola Odumosu, the head of the family’s legal team, the inquiry has reached a crucial point, with Darosha’s statements prompting the police to call in additional individuals mentioned during his interrogation for further questioning.
This second round of interrogations took place on Tuesday, highlighting the complex and expanding nature of the investigation.
The police’s ongoing probe aims to uncover the full circumstances of Mohbad’s death, including the unauthorized procedures carried out on his body post-mortem.
Odumosu added that the police were working to reveal the identity of the “illegal mortician.”
“The police will reveal to the public soon, who illegally embalmed the body of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, widely known as Mohbad.
“The police stated they would work on their report and continue investigations which will be directed to the Legal Department of the force for a recommendation.
“The meeting was held at Zone 2 and present at the meeting were Mr. Joseph Aloba (Mohbad’s father), Boluwatife Adeyemi (aka Darosha), Adura Aloba (Mohbad’s younger brother), Mrs. Abosede Olumuyi (Mohbad’s mother) and Cynthia Omowunmi Aloba (Mohbad’s wife). Others include Iya Lolade and Samuel (Mr. Joseph Aloba’s witnesses) and lawyers to the parties,” Odumosu added.
The family’s legal team had earlier, on the instruction of their client, petitioned the police that Boluwatife Adeyemo, the personal assistant to the late Mohbad, had embalmed the body of the late singer which violates Section 16 and 48 of the Coroner’s System Law, 2007, which addresses the offences and penalties of tampering with a dead body.
The police upon interrogating Darosha have asked all those mentioned in his statement to be brought in for further interrogation.
Shortly after Mohbad’s death, his cousin, Darosha, on his social media handle, daroshagram, wrote “About the salt, when my father died, a salt was placed on his chest till we arrived and was told it was local embalming to keep him fresh till the whole family arrived, and I did the same thing (on Mohbad) because a lot of people were still coming to see him before leaving to Ikorodu that night.”
The post sparked controversy in social media and legal circles that led to the need to discover who embalmed the late singer without regard to extant laws.
The legal team further stated that they were awaiting the police report as soon as the police got the legal advice from their legal department. It is then they will be properly informed the recommended persons will face prosecution.
Mohbad’s father had alleged that his son’s body was already embalmed and placed by the staircase when he arrived at the deceased’s home the day he died.
He made this known while calling on the police to intensify the investigation to unravel the cause of his son’s death.
Mohbad died on September 12 at the age of 27, with the circumstances surrounding his death sparking controversy on social media.
