Omowunmi, widow of deceased singer Ilerioluwa Aloba has agreed to a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test to determine the paternity of their only son, Liam.
Aloba, publicly known as MohBad died on September 12, 2023 under controversial circumstances. He was buried the next day in Ikorodu, Lagos state.
Following public outcry about circumstances surrounding his life and death, the corpse was exhumed for autopsy.
As family feud continued, leading to controversy around the true father of the child, the late singer’s father, Joseph Aloba, later filed a suit demanding a DNA test for his grandson.
In the application filed by the legal representative to Joseph, the family sought an order to serve Wunmi by posting all the originating processes and other processes in the suit on the last-known address of the respondent.
The family’s legal team led by Emmanuel Oroko, however, argued that attempts to serve Wunmi failed.
The Magistrates Court sitting in Ikorodu, during its sitting on July 9, directed both parties to explore an alternative dispute resolution, leading to closed-door negotiations that also failed to yield an agreement.
In a subsequent statement, a representative of the family’s legal team, Monisola Odumosu, stated that Wunmi had agreed to carry out the DNA.
Odumosu added that this was followed by the settlement terms drafted by both parties.
Odumosu in the statement disclosed that, “Emmanuel Oroko informed the court that both parties had settled outside the court and were ready to move the terms of the settlement already filed and served on Wunmi Aloba’s lawyers. In response, Kabir Akingbolu, Esq. (leading Adams Atata Esq. and M.K.O Orire Esq.) concurred, and the court adopted the terms of settlement as the judgment of the court.
According to Odumosu, Mohbad’s widow agreed in the terms of the settlement that the DNA test be conducted in a recognised and accredited government or private medical facility within Lagos State or another agreeable hospital outside the state.
The lawyer also noted that Mohbad’s father had agreed to foot the bill of the test processes and other associated fees.
“In the terms filed before the court, the respondent, Wunmi Aloba, consented to submit herself and her son, (Master Liam Aloba), for the conduct of a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) at Two (2) recognised and accredited government or private medical facilities within Lagos State or other agreeable hospital outside Lagos State. In turn, the applicant, Mr. Joseph Aloba, agreed to bear the cost of the DNA test processes, including the fees for the testing facility, the collection of samples, and any associated legal or administrative fees
“The court further ordered that the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test be conducted at a mutually agreed-upon laboratory or medical centre within Nigeria. To ensure and ascertain the reliability of the test, the court further appointed some officers to supervise the process of the DNA test,” the statement read.
Meanwhile, according to the statement, the court also ordered that both parties should bear their respective costs regarding this case except the processing of the DNA tests the applicant undertook to bear.
