US National Medical Service Laboratories (NMS) in Pennsylvania has rubbished claims by the Lagos State government that toxicology test on the late Ilerioluwa Aloba a.k.a Mohbad was done at their laboratory.
The NMS was responding to a pathologist’s claim on May 15 that an autopsy on Mohbad’s decomposed corpse could not ascertain the cause of his death.NMS Client Services Associate, Forensic Divisions, Esther Dede, said their lab did not conduct any kind of test on Mohbad’s remains.
“Unfortunately, we do not have a case for that patient,” Dede said.
“To maintain our compliance with HIPAA privacy regulations, we would need authorisation from the submitting agency.”
The Lagos state Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, when contacted on Wednesday, maintained that NMS Lab was the name of the facility submitted by the state’s 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 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
