US Lab Denies Conducting Toxicology Test On Late Mohbad
The Management of the US National Medical Service Laboratories (NMS) in Pennsylvania have refuted a claim that it carried out toxicity tests on the late Nigerian Afrobeats singer, Ilerioluwa Promise Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, as otherwise claimed by the Lagos State government.
This discovery by NMS was in response to a pathologist’s claim on May 15 that the autopsy carried out on Mohbad’s decomposed corpse could not ascertain the cause of his death.
Esther Dede, the Client Services Associate, Forensic Divisions of NMS, in response to PUNCH Metro on May 17, stated that the late singer’s toxicity test was not conducted anywhere around the lab’s premises.
Dede said, “Unfortunately, we do not have a case for that patient,”
Adding that “To maintain our compliance with HIPAA privacy regulations, we would need authorisation from the submitting agency.”
Meanwhile, Gbenga Omotoso, the Lagos state Commissioner for Information, when contacted on Wednesday, asserted that NMS Lab was the name of the facility submitted by the state’s DNA and Forensic Centre for Mohbad’s autopsy.
“This was what I was told by the Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre officials who took the sample there. We are dealing with the officials of the Centre, they have three other labs that they have affiliations with. If they have an emergency, they can go to any of the three labs. I asked which particular one did they go to and they answered it was that one. That means I will have to go and check again because that was what I was told,” he said.
“The pathologist mentioned the body’s decomposition as a major reason the cause of death was unascertained. When you say the cause of death cannot be ascertained, it is suspicious. It is not clear.
“Until those questions are asked, you cannot say this is the outcome of the report. I employ everybody to have an open mind until we look at all the possibilities,” Shittu concluded.
Recall Mohbad passed away on 12 September 2023 and was buried in Ikorodu, Lagos, less than 24 hours after his death which generated public interest and concern, with fans and family members seeking answers and justice.
Several controversies have since surrounded Mohbad’s death suggesting that it was linked to bullying and assault allegedly connected to his former record label, sparking nationwide protests and calls for justice, his wife, Wunmi and the last people he was with until his death.
Mohbad was survived by his father, Joseph Aloba; his wife, Wunmi; his son, Liam; and his mother, Abosede Aloba.
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