A Magistrate courtroom in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Tuesday, September 1st, ordered a deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) take a look at to be carried out on Liam Aloba, the son of late singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly often called Mohbad.
The presiding Justice of the Peace, Adefisoye Sonuga, points the order following an software filed by the singer’s father, Joseph Aloba, who requested a paternity take a look at to conclusively decide his grandson’s paternity.
The order additionally authorises the Chief Medical Officer or Pathologist on the Military Hospital in Yaba, Lagos, the place Mohbad’s stays are saved, to extract tissue, hair, or different vital samples for the take a look at.
The singer’s father, by means of his counsel, Augustine Adegbemi, argued that readability on paternity is crucial given its implications for the kid’s welfare and the mom’s upkeep obligations.
Mohbad’s widow, Omowunmi Cynthia Aloba, represented by her lawyer, Kabir Akingbolu, didn’t oppose the applying, main the courtroom to grant the order as requested.
Meanwhile, the courtroom gave the next directives: That two (2) DNA exams he carried out in an accredited and recognised hospital, each in Nigeria and outdoors Nigeria.
Both events or their representatives must be current when the pattern is taken.
However, the proceedings had been subsequently adjourned to November 11, 2025.
Recall that following the singer’s demise, in 2023, many have been clamoring for a DNA take a look at to be executed on Liam, his son to determine his paternity. Even Mohbad’s father had referred to as for DNA to be executed on his son.
Last yr, a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ikorodu granted the order that Omowunmi wanted to be served a discover of the pending DNA take a look at software. The authorized staff informed the courtroom that the Sheriff of the courtroom had tried twice to serve Wunmi the courtroom course of however failed and the Chief Magistrate then ordered that Wunmi must be served by posting the courtroom course of on her final recognized deal with.
In January, Wunmi by means of her attorneys, stated that the singer’s father had been avoiding finishing up the DNA take a look at to show her son’s paternity. Her attorneys slammed Mohbad’s father for slandering Wunmi’s title in public by claiming she wasn’t prepared for the DNA. Demanding an apology, her attorneys famous how the clergyman has been defaming his grandson, Liam by portraying him as a bastard.
