Joseph Aloba, the father of late Afrobeat musician Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad has reacted after the auxiliary nurse who injected the late singer testified at Coroner’s inquest.
The auxiliary nurse identified as Feyisayo Ogedengbe acknowledged during the coroner’s inquest into singer Mohbad’s death that after she gave him a tetanus injection, Mohbad experienced a reaction and began vomiting.
On Friday, March 14, Ogedengbe testified before Justice C.A. Shotobi at the Coroner’s Court in Ikorodu, Lagos, explaining that on September 11, 2023, she was contacted by a man named Ayobami Sodiq, also known as Spending, to treat Mohbad for a cut.
She gave injections of tetanus, paracetamol, and antibiotics the next day. However, following the third injection, Mohbad allegedly had nausea and vomiting, which resulted in lethargy and goosebumps.
Ogedengbe said; “On Sept 11, 2023 I was at Cotonou to process my admission. As I was on my way back , I saw Spending’s missed call and I called him back. Then he told me I should come and treat his friend in the house who had a cut. I told him I was just coming back from Cotonou.
“I later missed his calls because I couldn’t pick up. As I got to CMS, a call came in from DJ Bami, he introduced himself that he was from Spending. I couldn’t go to the house that day. I got there the next day at about 2:30pm. I met a guy in the sitting room carrying Liam and DJ Bami led me upstairs.
“On getting to the room Mohbad was, I saw some water on the floor which Dj Bami mopped. We then moved Mohbad from the room he was to another room. It was only the 4 of us that were upstairs. Me, Mohbad, Djbami and Wunmi. As I was giving the first injection, Mohbad asked me the type of injection I wanted to give him and I told him Tetanus Injection, Paracetamol Injection and antibiotics. I first gave him Tetanus and Paracetamol Injection. After I gave him the paracetamol injection, Wunmi said he had an ulcer.
“When I gave him the third injection, he started reacting and saying he wanted to throw up. Djbami and wunmi led him to the bathroom where he threw up. After throwing up, he sat down on the floor and was very weak. Then, goose bumps appeared on his body. Wunmi told me that is how he used to react to injection and I told her that she should have told me before.
“She then said that if they pour water on his head, he will calm down. Wunmi then poured water on him. When I saw the goose bumps, Dj Bami and I quickly went down to rush to the pharmacy so we could get an antidote. We got to the first pharmacy but they didn’t have what we wanted, we then went to another pharmacy. They called Djbami from the house that Mohbad was convulsing and I told them to rush him to the hospital.” The nurse’s testimony ended.
In response to the auxiliary nurse’s testimony, Mr. Joseph Aloba chastised his daughter-in-law, Wunmi, for failing to provide for her husband’s medical requirements.
Additionally, he denied Wunmi’s earlier allegation that he had given the order for the nurse’s release, claiming that he had never met Nurse Feyi prior to seeing her in court.
He said; “What I heard in court has now made me to know that Wunmi didn’t care for her husband. She had to wait for an auxiliary nurse for good 24 hours and not a qualified nurse to treat her husband.
“The nurse also confirmed it in court that she has never met me before and she was just meeting me for the first time in court and wunmi lied that her father in law said they should release the nurse, someone I never set my eyes on. We are expecting the pathologist to read the result of the private autopsy next Friday.
“SAN Shittu wanted the court to invite the Doctor that pronounced Mohbad de*d but the court didn’t grant the request. I detected a lot of new things from the nurse’s testimony. She said Adura was never in the house when she got there. She also said that when they were rushing Mohbad out of the house, they were carrying him like a baby. This shows that he was already de*d in the house before they carried him to the hospital.” Mr Aloba concluded.
