Late Mohbad's dad refuses to rebury son's body for one major reason

• You will remember that the singer who passed away on September 12 and was buried the following day, September 13.

The late Mohbad on the left and his father on the right speaking to reporters
Image: Courtesy

After two months of different views on the death of the artist Mohbad, the police have finally completed the examination of the exhumed body.

However, it is being reported that Mohbad's father has refused to take the body to rebury his son.

According to Linda Ikeji's blog which spoke to a police officer who wanted his identity kept anonymous, the old man was informed earlier this week about taking the body but he has refused.

Mohbad's mother on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, said that the body of the singer had been given to the father but he has refused to be reburied.

According to the police, the biological father is the only one who has the power to hand over the body as soon as he sends a request to hand over the body, but the old man has refused insisting that he wants another DNA test to be done in order to agree to bury his son.

"The body is in the morgue. Not issued. It would not be released to you and you would not come and take it. The hospital wouldn't let you.

Only the father can ask for the dead body to be released, only the father and the police have said that any day if he asked, he would get it immediately. We have told them any time they want to just write prayers but the father has refused to do so."

"Technically, it is the father who has refused. The father has said that he will not take it until they do the DNA and that is their family problem."

Lindaikejiblog on Instagram: "The police in Lagos state has said that they have informed Joseph Aloba, the father of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, that he can come and collect the corpse of his son anytime he wants but the man has not yet applied for it. Recall that the mother of the singer released a video on Tuesday, November 21, saying that the body of the singer has been released to the father but he has refused for it to be reburied. Findings by LIB showed that the police, having concluded the autopsy on the singer, informed the father that he can come forward to collect his body but the man is yet to apply for it. A police source who spoke to LIB on condition of anonymity, said ‘’The body is in the morgue. It has not been released. It wouldn't be released to you and you wouldn't come and pick it. The hospital wouldn't allow it. Only the father can apply for the release of the corpse, only the father and the police has said any day he applies, he would get it immediately. We have told them, anytime they want it, just write an application but the father has refused to do that. Technically, it is the father that is holding back. The father has said he is not taking it yet until they do DNA and that is their personal family problem. If the man writes today, of course it will be released and he must carry the corpse. You can't write and keep it there. For who?'' Recall that the singer who passed away on September 12, was buried the next day, September 13. Following the controversy surrounding his demise, an autopsy was demanded for by Nigerians and his body was exhumed on September 21. It has not been reburied since then and the autopsy result is yet to be made public. Mr Aloba has repeatedly insisted that a DNA must be done to ascertain the true paternity of Liam, the seven month old son of late Mohbad and his wife, Wunmi."

You will remember that the singer who passed away on September 12 and was buried the following day, September 13.

Following the controversy surrounding his death, an autopsy was ordered by Nigerians, and his body was exhumed on September 21.

It has not been re-buried since then. and the results of the autopsy have not yet been made public.

Mr Aloba - his father - has repeatedly insisted that DNA must be done to find out the true paternity of Liam, the seven-month-old son of the late Mohbad and his wife, Wunmi.

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