Amidst mounting public interest and speculation surrounding the untimely demise of the talented singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, renowned by his stage name Mohbad, the Lagos State Police Command has addressed the delay in releasing detailed findings from the ongoing investigation.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, shed light on the intricacies of the case, emphasizing the commitment to conducting a thorough and meticulous inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Mohbad’s tragic passing.
The police reaction comes as a responds to the demands of a civil society organisation, the Take It Back Movement, who during a Thursday press conference in Ikeja, Lagos, sought the conclusion of the investigation into Mohbad’s case.
“We’re not the pathologists who carried out the autopsy,” Hundeyin said in an interview with the punch.
“When they (the pathologists) give us their report, we’ll conclude our investigation. For now, that’s what we’re waiting for. Except they want us to do guesswork, we can’t guess; we need to get the report and see the content of the result and we don’t have it yet.”
However his response is contrary to a tweet he made in September that an “autopsy has been concluded” on Mohbad’s corpse and the police were “awaiting result.”
Mohbad’s death on September 12 sparked controversies in Nigeria and beyond which prompted the police to set up an investigative team to determine what led to the singer’s demise.
