Mohbad’s family has objected to plans to commemorate the first anniversary of his death.
Mohbad, born Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, passed away on September 12 under unknown circumstances and was buried the next day. On September 21, his body was unearthed and an autopsy performed.
According to Monisola Odumosu, a member of Aloba’s legal team, Mohbad’s family wishes to grieve their son privately, without elaborate events that could compound their emotional agony.
They also cautioned individuals and institutions that intended to “use Mohbad’s memory for commercial purposes”.
“It has come to the attention of the Aloba family that some organisations have been planning to celebrate the first anniversary of the death of the late son and singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba (Mohbad),” the statement reads in part.
“The Aloba family wishes to appeal to such interest groups to suspend such ideas for the following reasons:
“The late singer is yet to be buried. As such, the family would wish the public to join them in prayers at his anniversary rather than organising any elaborate events that will affect their emotions.
“It is no longer news that some individuals and organisations have been planning to carry out events to commemorate the late singer’s death. We will appeal to such persons and organisations to seek proper approval from the family before going on with such plans.
“The Aloba family would not wish the goodwill of their illustrious son to be employed for commercial purposes. The family will appreciate individuals and organisations respecting the family stand and praying with them at this difficult time.”
On June 7, HowNG received Mohbad’s postmortem results from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).
The results revealed that “no significant gross finding” could be linked to Mohbad’s death.
Testing “revealed the positive finding of Diphenhydramine, an anti-histamine; however, this concentration was not in a fatal or lethal range” .
In June, the Aloba family rejected the autopsy results and requested an independent post-mortem and toxicology test.
Last month, Monisola announced a two-part autopsy for Mohbad.
She revealed that the first phase had been completed, and the second phase entailed “a toxicology and histology test”.
