An auxiliary nurse, Feyisayo Ogedengbe, has testified before the coroner of inquiry into the death of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.
The nurse provided a detailed information on how the singer
died as the crooner resumed at the Magistrate court sitting in Ikorodu, Lagos,
on Saturday.
Giving her testimony, Ogedengbe informed the crooner headed
by 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.
According to her, one of her clients, Ayobami Sodiq, aka
‘Spending’ contacted her on September 11, 2023, to administer a Tetanus
injection to a friend of his, who got injured on his hand.
According to her, Spending said that he suspected that there
was a piece of glass embedded in the hand.
Ogedengbe said that dues to heavy traffic, she was unable to
go there that day but was there the next day, being the 12th of September at
about 2.30pm, where she met with the patient at Orchid Estate in the Lekki
area.
She said it was unknown to her that her patient was Mohbad
until she got there and discovered it was the singer’s house.
She told the court that people she met on that day included
Mohbad, the singer’s wife and his friend, Ayobami all in a room.
Explaining further, the nurse said she saw the lower part of
Mohbad’s right hand swollen and adminisrered the tetanus injection on his upper
arm, intra-muscular route.
She said before administering the drug, she inquired of the
singer 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.
She said, “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.
“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,” she said.
She said on the way to the hospital in the neighbor’s
vehicle, she sat with Mohbad’s wife in the front passenger’s seat, while Adura
(Mohbad’s brother), Ayobami, and Mohbad were in the back seat.
“There was terrible and heavy traffic on the road that day,
and due to this, Mohbad had to be put on a motorbike to get him to the
hospital. I had to get down from the neighbour’s vehicle and I started running
after the motorbike that Mohbad was on, due to the heavy traffic. It took about
20 minutes to get to the first hospital,” she narrated.
“When we eventually got to the first hospital, the medical
personnel on the ground initially didn’t want to attend to him and it almost
caused chaos, but they later attempted CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on
him in the hospital. After the CPR, the doctor proclaimed Mohbad brought in
dead. I became shocked and confused.
“The doctor on call at the first hospital called me aside
and asked me what medications I administered to Mohbad. I explained myself to
the doctor, the medication I gave Mohbad, and the dosage that was administered.
“Darosha then met us at the first hospital, while Spending
was on his way to the first hospital. When Darosha came and heard that Mohbad
was dead, he didn’t believe it and insisted on taking Mohbad to another
hospital.
“Mohbad was put into Darosha’s vehicle, there wasn’t enough
space for me to follow the vehicle, but I remember that Mohbad’s wife followed
Darosha. I and Ayobami joined spending in the Uber he came with, while Ayobami
was calling someone in Darosha’s vehicle to know their whereabouts.
“We eventually got to know that Darosha had taken Mohbad to
another hospital at Osapa London In Lekki. It took about 20 minutes to get to
the second hospital due to the heavy traffic. Ordinarily, it wouldn’t have
taken us more than 10 minutes.
“By the time we got to the second hospital, it was almost 6
pm and we met Darosha and some people that followed him. Mohbad was outside the
hospital because the management of the hospital didn’t’ allow Darosha to bring
Mohbad into the hospital, although the medical team on the ground checked for a
pulse on Mohbad but there was none.
“The doctor on call at the second hospital invited me into
the hospital and told me to sit down at the reception. While other people
present were outside the hospital, the doctor then asked me what happened, and
I explained everything to her the way I explained to the doctor at the first
hospital.
“After speaking with the doctor at the second hospital, she
requested to speak with two family members. So it was Darosha and Spending that
she spoke with.
“We spent about an hour at the second hospital, before I
left the second hospital to return to Mohbad’s house. At this time, it was
already nighttime and it was around 7 pm. Mohbad’s body was brought back to the
house at about 8 pm. There were a lot of people in the house at this time and
everybody was outside. Mohbad’s lawyer came to meet us in the house.
“At about 9 pm, I, Ayobami, my cousin (who is a lawyer), and
Mohbad’s lawyer all in a quest to get a death certificate for Mohbad, visited
the police station at Orchid Lekki and the first hospital Mohbad was carried
to.
“On getting to the police station at Orchid Lekki, I
explained everything that happened to the police officer who attended to us.
After explaining everything that happened to the police officer who attended to
us, the police officer asked Mohbads’ lawyer and Ayobami if they wanted to file
a complaint against me or if they wanted the matter investigated. They
responded that they were not sure yet.
“The police officer then directed us to Ajiwe Police station
at Ajah if we needed a police report. I’m sure that Mohbad’s lawyer can give a
detailed report on the quest to get the police report and death certificate for
Mohbad,” she added.
After her testimony, she was cross-examined by counsel for
Mohbad’s family, Wahab Shittu (SAN), counsel to Mohbad’s wife, Kabir Akingbolu,
and counsel for the state government.
The case has been adjourned to March 21, 2025, for further
hearing.
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