A Magistrate Court in Ikorodu has officially ordered a DNA test to be conducted on Liam Aloba, the young son of late Nigerian singer Mohbad, as questions surrounding the boy’s paternity continue to stir public interest.
The court’s decision, issued by Magistrate Adefisoye Sonuga on Tuesday, comes in response to an application filed by Joseph Aloba, Mohbad’s father, who has insisted that the child’s paternity must be established before the late singer is buried.
The order mandates that two DNA tests be conducted, one within Nigeria and the other at a recognised hospital abroad, with both parties and their representatives present during sample collection.
Mohbad, whose real name was Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, died under controversial circumstances on September 12, 2023, after receiving an injection from auxiliary nurse Feyisayo Ogedengbe.
He was buried the next day, but mounting public outcry led to the exhumation of his body on September 21 for an autopsy. In May 2024, the pathologist in charge revealed that the cause of death could not be determined due to the advanced decomposition of the remains.
The magistrate also ruled that the DNA tests must be conducted in government-approved medical facilities and allowed for tissue or hair samples to be collected from Mohbad’s body, which is currently preserved at the Military Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.