Mohbad: Auxiliary Nurse Testifies In Court, Narrates How Late Singer Died

Mohbad: Auxiliary Nurse Testifies In Court, Narrates How Late Singer Died

The coroner’s inquest into the death of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, resumed at the Magistrate court sitting in Ikorodu, Lagos, with the testimony of the auxiliary nurse, Feyisayo Ogedengbe.

Ogedengbe told Magistrate Taofikat Adedayo Shotobi that she had her nursing training at Cornerstone Hospital, Akute, Ogun State between 2014-2017, after which worked with the hospital for a year before relocating from the area.

She said on September 11, 2023, she was contacted by one of her clients, Ayobami Sodiq, also known as “Spending”, to administer a Tetanus injection to
a friend of his, who got injured on his hand. Spending had told her that he suspected that there was a piece of glass embedded in the hand.

Ogedengbe said she was unable to meet up with the appointment due to heavy traffic but on the next day, the 12th of September at about 2.30pm, she went to meet with the patient at Orchid Estate in the Lekki area.

The nurse also testified that she did not know the patient until she got to the house and discovered it was Mohbad’s (Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba’s) house.

According to her, she met Mohbad in a room in the house as well as the other people – the singer’s wife and his friend, Ayobami.

She testified that it was the lower part of Mohbad’s right hand that was swollen and she gave him the tetanus injection on his upper arm, intra-muscular
route.

Ogedengbe also said she asked Mohbad if he was an ulcer patient and after he said “yes”, she decided not to give a diclofenac injection, but instead, gave him a paracetamol injection.

“I gave Mohbad 4ml of paracetamol and Iml of water, a total of 5ml which is the normal dosage for adults, and I gave him intravenous (through the vein). I diluted ceftriaxone injection 10ml and gave him slowly,” she said.

“I explained to Mohbad and his wife that the paracetamol and ceftriaxone injections were for pain and to treat a bacterial infection; he was feeling uncomfortable because the arm was swollen.

“While taking the ceftriaxone injection – he had taken up to 2ml – Mohbad said he wanted to vomit. I was surprised at this statement but since that was how he was feeling, I decided to remove the injection and he went to vomit in the toilet and came back to sit on the floor in the room.

After Mohbad came back from the toilet, where he had gone back to vomit and sat on the floor, I noticed goosebumps all over his body. I was surprised and showed his wife the goosebumps, and she said it was his normal reaction to injections and that if we poured water on him, he would be fine.

“The wife then took him to the bathroom and started pouring water on his head and it was at this point that she notified Ayobami (DJ) that we should locate the nearest pharmacy.

“There was no vehicle on the premises to convey her and Ayobami to the nearest pharmacy, and as a result, we had to run to the nearest pharmacy where I wanted to get hydrocortisone and saline infusion at the pharmacy to treat the allergic reaction of the goosebumps and help Mohbad with dehydration.”

She admitted that when they got to the nearest pharmacy, they couldn’t get a hydrocortisone injection and Normal Saline infusion and this made her and Ayobami run again into the estate to look for another pharmacy since the first one didn’t have the medication she needed.

“When we got to the second pharmacy, we were able to get hydrocortisone injection and Normal Saline infusion and by this time it was about 3 pm. Ayobami (DJ) was receiving calls and I heard when he said Mohbad was convulsing, I told him that he should tell the person he was talking to and that arrangements should be made to take Mohbad to the hospital,” the nurse said.

“That by the time I and Ayobami got back to Mohbad’s house, Mohbad had already been carried outside of his house, as a result, the hydrocortisone injection and Normal Saline infusion could not be administered.

“At this point, I didn’t have access to go back into Mohbads’ house, as everybody in the house was already outside and the plan was to get Mohbad to the hospital as quickly as possible.

“Mohbad did not convulse in my presence, neither was he convulsing when I got back to the house. There was still no vehicle to convey us to the hospital so it was Mohbads’ neighbor that offered to assist us to the hospital.”

On February 25, 2025, another Magistrate Court sitting in Sabo, Yaba area of Lagos, freed Abdulazeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley, and music promoter, Samson Balogun Eletu, also known as Sam Larry, in relation to Mohbad’s death.

Magistrate Ejiro Kubenje, who read and implemented the legal advice of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) Lagos, said that they have no case to answer.

The court also freed Owodunni Ibrahim known as Primeboy and Mohbad’s former Manager, Opere Babatunde.

The DPP, however, said it shall be prosecuting the auxiliary nurse, Ogedengbe and Ayobami Sadiq for the offence of Reckless and Negligent Acts contrary to Section 251 (e) of the Criminal Law, Ch C.17, Vol.3, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.