Femi Falana (SAN), a well-known human rights attorney, has joined the fight for justice by asking for a coroner’s inquest into the passing of Nigerian artist Ilerioluwa Aloba, alias Mohbad.
This follows the disputes surrounding Mohbad’s death, who passed away on September 12, 2023, and was buried the next day.
The request was made in a letter addressed to the Chief Coroner of the Ikeja High Court of Lagos State.
Falana wrote in the letter that his law firm was aware of Mohbad’s “very tragic death” and requested an inquest “be conducted into the cause of death of this young promising musician and make appropriate recommendations pursuant to Section 15 of the Lagos State Coroner’s Law 2007, which provides that an inquest shall hold whenever a coroner is informed that the death of a deceased person within his Coroner District is as a result of a death in a violent, unnatural, or suspicious manner.”
“We hereby request Your Lordship to conduct an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the tragic death in Lagos State,” the plea, which was signed by Folakemi Falana and was dated September 18, 2023, said.