Omowunmi Aloba, the widow of late Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, broadly referred to as Mohbad, has confirmed her willingness to endure a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) check to verify the paternity of their son, Liam.
In a press release on Monday, Omowunmi, popularly referred to as Wunmi, emphasised that her choice was made voluntarily and with out exterior strain.
Wunmi clarified that opposite to rumours circulating on social media, she was not coerced by Mohbad’s household or on-line critics into agreeing to the check.
She stated, “I willingly determined to conduct the DNA check on my son, Liam. Let everyone know that I used to be not pressured into agreeing to do the check as they’re circulating on blogs and social media. I didn’t comply with do it earlier than as a result of they wished to pressure me to do it.”
She additional defined that her preliminary reluctance was primarily based on the style through which the check was being demanded, however stated she had at all times been open to the method beneath correct situations.
“In truth, it was not as if I used to be not able to do it, however I informed them (the household) the situation beneath which I can current my son for the DNA check,” Wunmi added.
Her authorized workforce, led by Monisola Odumosu, additionally launched a press release confirming her choice, which adopted a settlement settlement between each events.
In keeping with Odumosu, “Emmanuel Oroko knowledgeable the court docket that each events had settled outdoors the court docket and are prepared to maneuver the phrases of the settlement already filed and served on Wunmi Aloba’s attorneys.”
The phrases of the settlement had been then confirmed by Kabir Akingbolu, the lawyer representing Mohbad’s father, Mr. Joseph Aloba, and adopted by the court docket as its judgment.
The settlement specified that the DNA check will likely be performed at two recognised and accredited authorities or personal medical amenities both inside Lagos State or, if agreed upon, outdoors the state. Mr. Aloba, the late singer’s father, agreed to bear all prices related to the check, together with pattern assortment and any authorized or administrative charges.
Odumosu acknowledged, “Within the phrases filed earlier than the court docket, the respondent, Wunmi Aloba, consented to submit herself and her son, (Grasp Liam Aloba), for the conduct of a DNA check at two recognised and accredited authorities or personal medical amenities inside Lagos State or one other agreeable location outdoors the state.”
The court docket has additionally appointed officers to oversee the method to make sure the reliability and integrity of the DNA check, which is able to decide the paternity of Liam Aloba.
This improvement got here after Mohbad’s father filed a lawsuit requesting a DNA check for his grandson to verify his organic relationship to the late artist.
