Nurse who treated Mohbad reveals final moments with Singer before his passing

Feyisayo Ogedengbe, an auxiliary nurse who attended to the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has testified before the Coroner’s Court in Ikorodu, Lagos, narrating the events leading to his death.

According to Ogedengbe, she was called on September 12, 2024, by Ayobami Sodiq, also known as Spending, to treat Mohbad at his residence in Lekki.

She arrived at about 2:30 pm and noticed a swollen cut on his right hand. She then administered a tetanus sh+ot on his upper arm.

Aware of Mohbad’s ulcer condition, she opted for paracetamol instead of diclofenac and gave him a diluted 4ml dose.

This was followed by a slow administration of a 10ml ceftriaxone inj+ction to treat an infection.

However, as she administered the ceftriaxone, Mohbad had an adverse reaction he started vomiting and developed goosebumps.

Ogedengbe quickly called his wife, Omowunmi, who informed her that such reactions were normal for him whenever he received injections.

Her full speech reads;

Read the Nurse’s testimony on how Mohbad died.

“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.”

After cross-examination by the counsel for Mohbad’s family, Dr Wahab Shittu, SAN; Omowunmi’s counsel, Kabir Akingbolu; and that of the state, the case was adjourned to Friday, March 21, 2024, for further hearing.

The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions at a Magistrate Court, sitting in Sabo, Yaba, Lagos, in February 2025, had stated that Ogedengbe, and Sodiq would face prosecution for reckless and negligent acts under Section 251 (e) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.