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An post-mortem carried out on the Lagos State College Instructing Hospital (LASUTH) has urged a potential drug response as the reason for the demise of singer Promise IleriOluwa Aloba, a.ok.a. Mohbad.
The budding singer had died mid-September 2023 amid controversial circumstances, prompting the Lagos State Authorities and the State’s Police Command to step in by launching investigation.
The post-mortem outcomes, obtained by TheCable Way of life on Thursday, revealed a number of key findings.
Samples from Mohbad’s gastric content material, blood, bone marrow, liver, kidney, and lung have been analyzed in a toxicology check. Anatomical and pathological findings confirmed an damage on his proper forearm, and his physique was exhumed in a state of reasonable to extreme decomposition.
The post-mortem indicated that “no vital gross discovering” may very well be straight attributed to the singer’s demise. Nonetheless, toxicology outcomes revealed the presence of Diphenhydramine, an anti-histamine, in his system. This focus, nonetheless, was not inside a deadly or deadly vary. Anti-histamines are generally used to deal with allergy signs, abdomen issues, colds, and nervousness, amongst different circumstances.
The report said that the reason for demise couldn’t be definitively ascertained however famous the potential for a drug response in mild of the absence of any vital autopsy and toxicology findings. The report emphasised, “It’s noteworthy that the physique neither had an post-mortem nor embalmed previous to interment on the second day.”
Following an exhumation order, Mohbad’s physique was exhumed on September 21, 2023, eight days after his burial. The post-mortem discovered “reasonable to marked decomposition of organs.” Other than the superficial damage on the suitable forearm, no vital gross discovering was recognized.
Given this background, samples have been taken for toxicology to find out if there was any anaphylactic response, substance abuse, overdose, or frequent family poisoning. The toxicology revealed constructive findings of Diphenhydramine, however the focus was not in a deadly or deadly vary. Different analyses have been unremarkable.
The report highlighted the problem in figuring out deadly anaphylactic shock as a result of delay in acquiring blood samples, stating, “In figuring out deadly anaphylactic shock, a blood pattern must be taken as rapidly as potential. Sadly, this was prevented or made not possible by the burial of the deceased on the second day.”