Two of the three foreign laboratories authorised by the Magistrate Court sitting in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State have declined to conduct the paternity tests on late singer Mohbad’s son, Liam.
Ashenews recalls that the Magistrate Court had approved three laboratories in the United States and the United Kingdom for DNA tests on Liam three weeks ago, following the ongoing dispute between Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba and his widow, Wunmi.
The court had independently picked Advanced Histopathology Laboratory Limited, London, United Kingdom, while Wunmi submitted Alpha Bio Labs in Warrington, United Kingdom and Mohbad’s father chose DNA Diagnostics Centre in Fairfield, Ohio, US.
However, the counsel to Mother’s father, Oladayo Ogungbe, in a statement on Thursday, disclosed that the two laboratories picked by Wunmi and the court have indicated that “they do not conduct post-mortem DNA testing involving embalmed bodies”.
Ogungbe explained that Advanced Histopathology Laboratory Limited, London, United Kingdom, and Alpha Bio Labs, Warrington, United Kingdom, made this known after preliminary inquiries by Joseph Aloba’s representative to ascertain whether the listed laboratories possessed the technical capacity to conduct such a test.
Meanwhile, Nigerian singer, Owodunni Ibrahim, better known as Primeboy, has made an emotional public appeal urging that his close associate, Mohbad, be laid to rest nearly three years after his death.
Mohbad died in controversial circumstances on September 12, 2023 and has remained in the mortuary since then.
He was initially laid to rest on September 13, 2023, but was exhumed on September 21 for an autopsy to be carried out on him and has remained in the morgue since then.
The father of the deceased, Joseph Aloba, has insisted that the singer’s remains will not be laid to rest until a DNA test is conducted to ascertain the true paternity of Liam, the only child the singer left behind with his wife, Omawunmi.
In a viral video, Primeboy called on Mohbad’s family, the public, and the government to ensure the remains of the singer are laid to rest.
