Joseph Aloba, the daddy of late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly often known as Mohbad, has expressed his displeasure over the police investigation to unravel the reason for the singer's dying.
The PUNCH experiences that Mohbad, a former Azeez Fashola signee popularly often known as Naira Marley, died on September 12, 2023 on the age of 28 in Lagos State.
The Lagos State Police Command had on September 18, 2023 inaugurated a 13-man particular investigation group to analyze Mohbad's mysterious dying.
“Keep in mind that we have now distinctive entry to INTERPOL. “Anybody linked to it (Mohbad’s dying) will likely be recognized and requested to determine their degree of involvement,” former Lagos State Police Commissioner Idowu Owohunwa had mentioned.
Mohbad's dying additionally led to the arrest of Naira Marleyand controversial Lagos socialite, Balogun Eletu, aka SamLarryamongst others.
Mohbad's physique was discovered on September 21, 2023 exhumed for post-mortem to unravel the reason for his dying.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, had tweeted in September 2023 that an “post-mortem had been accomplished” and that police have been “awaiting outcomes”.
In the meantime, Aloba introduced on Wednesday (at present) throughout a speech on Belief TV that “a whole lot of issues have been mentioned exterior that aren’t actually true.”
He famous that after carrying Mohbad's physique to the police station, he anticipated to be adopted to look Mohbad's home.
He additional regretted that he had not obtained the post-mortem report.
He mentioned: “I’m not glad with the police investigation. Once I carried Mohbad's physique to the police station, I anticipated them to observe me to look his home or give me the police report (post-mortem) which they didn’t give me. These are the areas I'm not pleased with.
“They need to ask them questions. By looking out their telephones, they’d know what killed Mohbad. Many individuals lived with him. So I'm not likely glad with the analysis.
“We’re nonetheless looking for justice…Delay can lead to denial. I urge the federal government to make extra efforts in order that issues can proceed to run easily as individuals count on.”
When our correspondent requested concerning the launch of Mohbad's post-mortem report in November 2023, Hundeyin replied revealed that the command had not but formally obtained the report.
Hundeyin mentioned, “The post-mortem report was not given to us. Some individuals have unfold rumors that it’s performed. It's one factor when it's prepared, but it surely's one other factor when it's formally given to us – for us to obtain a replica and signal that we've obtained it. So we don't work with rumors, we work with details.”
Aloba did have that in November 2023 declared that nobody might accumulate his son's physique for burial with out his permission.
He introduced this in a video shared on TikTok.
“When this boy was alive, he was alive. When he went (left), he nonetheless stored my title. Nobody ought to go there and take their physique, please,” he warned.
The singer's father added: 'In the event that they need to do one thing there, I'm the one who provides them permission. Nobody ought to carry MohBad's physique from there.”
Hundeyin, in an interview with PUNCH Metro in December 2023, reiterated that the command had not obtained the Mohbad post-mortem report from the pathologists.
He mentioned: 'We’re not the pathologists who carried out the post-mortem.
“As soon as they (the pathologists) give us their report, we are going to full our investigation. For now we’re ready for that. Besides they need us to do guesswork, we will't guess; we have to obtain the report and see the contents of the consequence, however we don't have that but.
