The family of the late Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known as Mohbad, has announced that the court will soon hear their lawsuit asking for a Deoxyribonucleic Acid test for Liam, the singer’s son.
This comes as the family’s legal representatives revealed that the case will be decided by the Ikorodu, Lagos State, Magistrates’ Court.
A statement written by Monisola Odumosu, a member of the family’s legal team, details the development.
Remember how Joseph Aloba, the late singer’s father, had said that he had launched a lawsuit to have his grandson Liam to undergo a DNA test?
In the statement that our correspondent was able to get on Sunday, captioned “Aloba family seeks court order for DNA test on Liam,” Odumosu stated that all the required legal mechanisms were in place to ensure the outcome of the case.
He said that Aloba was asking the court for an order directing that the test be carried out at the applicant’s expense in a recognised and certified government or private medical facility inside the state.
The statement read, “A date has been fixed for mention of the DNA test application requested by the family of the late ace pop singer, Mr Ilerioluwa Promise Oladimeji Aloba (also known as Mohbad), who died September 12, 2023, in an unusual circumstance. All necessary legal apparatus are (sic) in place to see to the success of the matter.
“The application is at the Family Court of the Ikorodu Magistrate Court (MKD/31/FAM/2024), Joseph Aloba v Cynthia Omowunmi Aloba. The family, represented by the deceased father, is seeking an order of the court directing that a deoxyribonucleic acid test be conducted concerning the paternity of Master Liam Aloba, an alleged son of Mr Ilerioluwa Promise Oladimeji Aloba (deceased), in a recognised and accredited government or private medical facility within Lagos State, Nigeria at the expense of the applicant.”
Odumosu claims that the family also begged the court to order Master Liam Aloba and Mrs. Omowunmi Aloba to appear for the DNA test.
The family’s application, according to the legal team, also requested permission for the chief pathologist in charge of Mohbad’s remains, which are currently at the Military Hospital in Yaba Lagos, to extract samples from the deceased’s body in order to perform a DNA test for Liam.
The statement further disclosed that an attempt was made on Friday, March 8, at her Lekki residence, to serve Mohbad’s wife with court documents, but the attempt was unsuccessful.
“According to the process server, those from whom enquiries were made to serve the process on her said she had not been seen in the house recently. The legal team has said they will look at an alternative method to ensure that all the court processes are legally served on her,” it added.
Public uproar followed Mohbad’s controversial death at the age of 27, which took place under dubious circumstances.
Mohbad, a former signee of Naira Marley’s Marlian Music record label, departed the label in February 2022.
Along with other people, his killing resulted in the arrest of Naira Marley and controversial Lagos socialite Balogun Eletu, better known as Sam Larry.
