Mohbad’s wife, dad disagree over DNA test

Omowunmi, the wife of the late singer Mohbad, has accused her father-in-law Joseph Aloba of avoiding a DNA test to determine the paternity of her son, Liam.

The accusation comes after Aloba had vowed that Mohbad would not be reburied until the DNA test was conducted.

Mohbad died on September 12, 2023, and was buried the following day. However, his body was exhumed by the police on September 21 for an autopsy. The results of the autopsy are still pending.

There has been an ongoing dispute over the DNA test with both parties agreeing to the test but disagreeing on the hospital where it should be conducted.

Aloba initially suggested the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, but Omowunmi’s lawyers objected. Omowunmi’s lawyers then suggested Lagoon Hospitals, but Aloba’s lawyers rejected the option.

In a recent letter, Salawu Akingbolu Chambers, Omowunmi’s lawyers, accused Aloba of avoiding the DNA test.

The letter stated that both parties had rejected each other’s hospital choices and that Omowunmi’s lawyers had provided two alternative options, Eko Hospital and Reddington Hospitals, in December 2024, but had yet to receive a response.

They demanded an apology from Aloba’s lawyers for claiming on social media that Omowunmi was not ready for the DNA test.

The letter also urged Aloba to take steps to ensure the timely conduct of the DNA test.

The lawyers added that if Aloba continues to avoid the test, they will conduct it themselves and publish the results.

“We remain solicitors to the Respondent in the referenced suit and we have her express consent to write this letter to you. It would be recalled that we have exchanged a series of letters on the above but we seem not to be making any progress and it is sad. Suffice it to say that after we have duly responded to your letter dated December 5, 2024, which we received and acknowledged on December 9, 2024, we have patiently waited for your response but nothing of the sort to date,” the letter reads in part.

“Although we objected to your choice of the UCH Ibadan because of the fact that the court itself observed for good reason that it is not proper after your client mentioned the same in open court. In the same vein, we have conceded all the same to your objection to us using Lagoon Hospitals even though no tenable reasons were given.

“Quite reasonably, in replacement, we chose two other hospitals which are: The Eko Hospital and Reddington Hospitals, just so for us to show that we absolutely have nothing to hide and this was contained in our letter of December 11, 2024.

“To our utter surprise however, instead of you responding to our letter of the above-quoted date, we saw Mr. Taiwo Odumosu of counsel, whom we have profound respect for and counsel for the Applicant, saying on social media that we are the ones who are not ready for the DNA, whereas that is not the case, and we are by this letter denouncing any such misrepresentation Mr. Taiwo Odumosu of counsel must have tainted us with on the social media. As a matter of fact, we deserve an apology for such unhealthy allegations.

“Also, and most unfortunate is the fact that we saw the applicant on social media about three weeks ago, defaming and maligning Master Liam, and quite in his usual manner, portraying him as a bastard and this is very unacceptable, especially as the court had asked him to go and conduct the DNA that he is now obviously and quite surprisingly running away from in an irreconcilable irony. Very laughable

“We want to ask you to promptly take steps or advise your client to do all that may be necessary to ensure the timely conduct of the DNA so that we can make progress. If your client, however, chooses to continue in this tardy manner and rather prefers the empty social media hype for bad reasons, you will leave us no other option than to conduct the DNA ourselves and publish the same for the whole world to see. We shall inform the court of our position in this regard.”

Aloba denies Omowunmi’s allegations

In a response dated January 11, 2025, Mohbad’s father, through his lawyers Hillceetee Partners, denied allegations made by Omowunmi’s lawyers.

The response, signed by Emmanuel Oroko, addressed the claim that Taiwo Odumosu, counsel for Mohbad’s father, stated that Omowunmi was not ready for a DNA test.

The letter explained that Odumosu was misinterpreted when discussing the hospitals’ readiness to conduct the DNA test.

It reads: “Your letter dated 9th January 2025 with the above caption has been shown to our Mr Taiwo Odumosu and upon his instructions, we respond as follows.

“Mr Odumosu wishes to inform you that there was no time during his media interaction that he mentioned that your client ‘was not ready for the DNA’. What he was saying, which has been misinterpreted, was that the hospitals had yet to respond to enquiries on their readiness to conduct the test. We heard your client express sentiment in that respect after the media interaction.

“Mr Odumosu has absolute respect for your office and your client. He would not in any way derogate the professionalism and maturity both law firms have exhibited so far while the case lasted.”

Oroko also disclosed that their chambers would cease representing Mohbad’s father.

“This response is necessary as a courtesy to your good self and to set the record straight as our chambers no longer represent the Applicant,” it added.