Omowunmi Aloba, the widow of late Nigerian music star Mohbad, has spoken out against the intense scrutiny and backlash she has faced, claiming she is “the most bullied widow” in the country.
Speaking on TVC’s Your View, Omowunmi alleged that her father-in-law, Joseph Aloba, has been at the forefront of the attacks against her, turning people against her over his persistent demand for a DNA test to determine the paternity of her son, Liam.
“I have nothing to hide. I don’t have an issue with my father-in-law asking for a DNA test, but it’s the way he is going about it,” she stated.
Joseph Aloba has maintained that Mohbad will only be reburied once the autopsy results are released and a DNA test confirms Liam’s paternity.
However, Omowunmi has stated that her father-in-law is fully aware that Liam, her son with Mohbad, is indeed his grandchild.
In an interview snippet with BBC Pidgin that started trending on Monday, Omowunmi asserted that Aloba is “100% sure” of Liam’s paternity.
She added that she agreed to the DNA test to clear the “lies circulating in the media, not to prove anything to her father-in-law”.
Omowunmi revealed that she and her father-in-law were once very close and that he had even pressured her and her late husband into having a child before they were ready, using fasting and prayers to convince them.
Mohbad passed away on September 12, 2023, and his father buried him less than 24 hours later in Ikorodu, Lagos State. Amid ongoing controversy surrounding his death, authorities exhumed his body on September 21 for an autopsy. However, the results are still pending.
“I miss my husband with everything. My child started school and they wanted to write his name. And they wrote to Mr and Mrs Aloba. I remember him from every angle of my life. You know I have a child for him,” she said in Pidgin-English,” she said.
Mohbad passed away on September 12, 2023, and was buried the next day. However, on September 21, his body was exhumed by the police for an autopsy.
