The Ikorodu High Court in Lagos state has approved three laboratories, two in the United Kingdom and one in the United States, where DNA tests are to be conducted to determine the paternity of Liam, the child of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, left behind.
Liam’s paternity has been disputed by Joseph Aloba, the father of the late singer, on several occasions. Mr Aloba says that the remains of late Mohbad, who passed away on September 27, 2023, will not be laid to rest until a DNA test is done to determine Liam’s paternity.
At the resumed hearing of the paternity case between Mr Aloba and Wunmi, the singer’s widow, counsel to Mohbad’s father, while speaking to journalists, said, ‘’The court has eventually picked three DNA Laboratory centres, two in the UK and one in the US. One from us, one from them, and the court picked an independent one. The matter has been adjourned to the 7th of April for us to report on the sampling. Before that, we would have made arrangements with the welfare officers to ensure that samples are taken, supervised by them, and monitored. All the parties will be there when they are taking the samples.”
He noted that his legal team and the Aloba family will ensure they have a representative at each centre where the samples will be delivered and the test conducted.
