- By Halimah Olamide
The National Medical Services Laboratories (NMS) in Pennsylvania has denied claims by the Lagos State Government on a toxicology test conducted to ascertain the cause of Mohbad’s death.
This is following earlier claims by the Lagos State Government which asserted that Mohbad’s body was flown to the medical facility in the US to determine the cause of his death
The Client Services Associate, Forensics Division, NMS Labs, Esther Dede said that Mohbad’s toxicology test was not conducted at any of their laboratories.
“Unfortunately, we do not have a case for that patient. To maintain our compliance with HIPAA privacy regulations, we would need authorisation from the submitting agency,” she said.
NPO reports that Mohbad who died September 12, 2023 was buried the following day.
However, after much outrage by fans and netizens on social media demanding for justice, his body was exhumed by police for an autopsy on the 21st of September 2023.
Recall that in February, Gbenga Omotosho, the Lagos State commissioner for information, revealed that the autopsy was conducted in the United States at the NMS labs.
A few months later, the autopsy failed to determine the cause of death as the singer’s body had decomposed when tests were conducted.
Reacting, Omotoso reiterated that the NMS lab was the facility submitted by the state DNA and Forensic centre for Mohbad’s autopsy.
“This was what I was told by the Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre officials who took the sample there. We are dealing with the officials of the centre, they have three other labs that they have affiliations with.
“If they have an emergency, they can go to any of the three labs. I asked which particular one did they go to and they answered it was that one. That means I will have to go and check again because that was what I was told,” he said.