Percy Onyeka
Joseph Aloba, the father of the late musician Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, has requested that the Nigeria Police call Omomunmi, his deceased son’s wife, in order to obtain further information regarding his son’s death.
He made this revelation in a family-signed statement that he issued to reporters on Wednesday.
According to reports, Aloba filed a lawsuit in an attempt to identify his late singer-son’s cause of death and to summon additional witnesses.
The witnesses who are asked to testify in court are “Ayobami Fisayo aka Spending; Boluwatife Adeyemo aka Darosha and Ibrahim Owodunni aka Prime Boy; all of whom were with the deceased at the material time,” according to the motion signed by his legal team.
The statement read in part, “It has come to our attention that Omomunmi Adebanjo, the wife of the late Mohbad, has expressed her knowledge of critical information related to his death. We urge the relevant authorities to extend an invitation to Omowunmi Adebanjo to provide her testimony and insights into this tragic event. We believe that her cooperation and testimony could be instrumental in shedding light on the circumstances leading to Mohbad’s demise.”
While citing the sensitive nature of the matter, he also urged the police to provide security to ensure her safety whenever she comes forward to share her knowledge with the authorities.
“We implore you (the police) to prioritise this investigation and take swift action to uncover the truth behind Mohbad’s death. The Aloba family and the public deserve closure, and justice must prevail,’ the statement added.
While noting that another sitting at the coroner inquest was coming up in a few days, he stated that “the opportunity is still there for you to go and tell them the truth you know.”
The deceased singer’s father also disclosed that he had filed a suit seeking a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test for his grandson, Liam, at the Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ikorodu, Lagos State.
Mohbad’s wife, Omowunmi, recently stated in an Instagram post that she had since November been waiting for a court order to proceed with the paternity test.
While stating that he owed Liam a duty to protect him, Mohbad’s father added that the move was to resolve the issues surrounding his paternity for future purposes.
He said, “Since the issue of Liam Aloba’s paternity is in the public domain, especially on social media, this information will continue to be there for now and maybe forever. As a grandfather to Liam Aloba, I owe the duty of protecting him now, and the future is at stake if the issue of paternity is not resolved now, and it will hurt her and the son in the future. Anyone can call him any bad name which I will not want that to happen to him now or in the nearest future. Wunmi Adebanjo, as a mother to Liam Aloba too, it is my thinking and belief that you will not like a situation where, in the future, people will use or call Liam Aloba any unpleasant name.
Primeboy handed himself in two days after the authorities declared him wanted on October 4, 2023, during the course of their investigation.
Aloba, meantime, had declared in November 2023 that no one would be allowed to take his son’s remains for burial without his permission.
In December 2023, a news source reported that Hundeyin restated that the command had not yet received the pathologists’ findings on the autopsy that had been performed on Mohbad.
Dayo Oyewo
Techrectory with Agency Report
