Mohbad’s Death: Police Set Up Investigation Team to Exhume Body for Autopsy

Mohbad’s Death: Police Set Up Investigation Team to Exhume Body for Autopsy

  • The Lagos State Police Command has constituted a special investigation team to unbury Mohbad's body for autopsy
  • The Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, who disclosed this, said the committee would also visit crime scenes and past records to help in their investigation
  • CP Owohunwa made this known while addressing newsmen in the presence of Mohbad's father, aunty and grandmother

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Idowu Owohunwa, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, said the command constituted a special investigation team to unearth and conduct an autopsy on the body of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.

He said the decision to set up the committee was based on the police's preliminary review of all facts, allegations and insinuations both on social media and cause of interaction with some strategic elements linked to the incident.

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Police to exhume Mohbad's body for autopsy
Police to exhume Mohbad's body for autopsy Photo Credits: Nigeria Police Force/@iammohbad
Source: UGC

Police say there's grounds for homic*de case

As reported by AIT, Owohunwa said the police found that there was good ground to open a case of homic*de.

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He added that the investigation team would engage in exhuming the body and conduct an autopsy on the body of the deceased.

The Police commissioner added that the team will also visit crime scenes, hospitals and past records that might be vital in establishing the facts.

“We have seen a lot on social media, videos, allegations, now we are getting to the practical.
“The team will engage in the exhumation, autopsy, visit to the crime scenes, hospitals and past records that might be vital in establishing the facts.

Police reveal plan to probe Mohbad’s death

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the Nigeria Police Force had revealed the plan to probe the circumstances behind the death of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.

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Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, said the police would interrogate as many people as possible.

Adejobi stated this via his handle on X (formerly Twitter), @Princemoye1, on Tuesday morning, September 19.

Mohbad’s Death: Sanwo-Olu, Oba Elegushi disown Sam Larry, Naira Marley

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has revealed what Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the monarch of the Ikate-Elegushi Kingdom, Saheed Ademola Elegush, told the police command singer Naira Marley and his ally, Sam Larry.

Hundeyin said Sanwo-Olu and Oba Elegushi denied having any affiliations with Naira Marley and Sam Larry.

Source: Legit.ng

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Adekunle Dada (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Adekunle Dada is a trained journalist with over 7 years of working experience. He is also a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a B.Sc. in Mass Communication From Lagos State University, Ojo. Adekunle previously worked at PM News, The Sun, and Within Nigeria where he expressed his journalistic skills with well-researched articles and features. In 2024, Adekunle obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. He can be reached via adekunle.dada@corp.legit.ng.