Controversial investigative journalist Kemi Olunloyo has taken a swipe at Nollywood actresses Iyabo Ojo and Tonto Dikeh for openly discussing the expenses related to the late singer Mohbad’s demise.
Tonto Dikeh disclosed that they spent twelve million naira to maintain Mohbad in the morgue, asserting that they received a discount from the initial fourteen million.
Kemi Olunloyo, sharing the news on her Instagram page, issued a statement challenging the claims made by Tonto Dikeh and Iyabo Ojo. She argued that the responsibility for Mohbad should fall on the Lagos State government since they conducted the autopsy, and the amount stated by the actresses was an exaggerated figure.
Advising swift burial, Kemi Olunloyo accused Iyabo Ojo and Tonto Dikeh of seeking attention with the singer’s death.
In her words,
Tonto Dike has revealed that they have spent 12 million already just to keep Mohbad in the morgue. She said it was supposed to be 14 million but they gave them a discount. Must everything concerning preparation for his burial be transactional?
In America, where I spent 32 years and attended many funerals, people bury corpses within 7 days because of those daily mortuary fees, which average $100/day (N100K) for storage and refrigeration. Funeral homes have a daily charge for storing a body, even if it is embalmed. Has the body arrived at Ebony vaults? If so, he should be buried. Let him rest in peace. Is it still with the LASG? Why are you paying the morgue fees and not the state who asked for his exhumation?
Nigerians like to bury elderly people in a month to prepare a large party and gather all the descendants abroad. Families like that have money for mortuary fees, Aso ebi, the works.
The autopsy is done according to the police, and they are waiting two weeks for the toxicology tests. That two weeks is this week. Sam Larry has been grilled, and police will be addressing the press, as they told us on Friday. Now the holiday weekend is over, and we may hear from the police today.
Thank you, Tonto and Iyabo, for taking up the funeral expenses, but keep it under wraps. You did it for God. Announcing the breakdown of the expenses shows you’re doing it for clout.”
