Wife: Why Mohbad’s father dislikes me

Omowunmi Aloba, the wife of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, on Tuesday, told a coroner’s court that she used to relate well with her father-in-law, Oladimeji Aloba, saying both of them were very close.

Omowunmi, however, said her relationship with him went awry shortly after she gave birth to her son, Liam.

She testified during the coroner’s inquest into the death of his husband.

Mohbad died at the age of 27 on September 12 and was buried the following day.

His death has generated controversies, prompting the Lagos State Government to order a coroner’s inquest into his death.

The inquest which began on October 13 is taking place at Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court.

She told the a Coroner, Magistrate Adedayo Shotobi, her relationship with Mohbad’s father went awry after the late singer decided not to hold Liam’s naming ceremony in the Ikorodu area of Lagos.

Omowunmi said Mohbad’s father accused her of being behind the late singer’s decision to go against his wish to hold the ceremony in Ikorodu.

The singer’s wife added that Mohbad’s father brought different women to her matrimonial home on several occasions, saying her mother caught him on one of the occasions.

Omowunmi said Mohbad, who was always away from home, got to know about it and told his father not to bring women to his place again.

She said Mohbad’s father resented her and became hostile towards her because he thought she was driving a wedge between him and his son.

She said: “I used to have a very good relationship with my father-in-law before the birth of my son Liam.

“In fact, I used to invite him to our house on many occasions but because Mohbad was angry with him over some of the things he was doing and his (Mohbad) refusal to hold our son’s naming ceremony in Ikorodu, he became angry with me, thinking I was the one behind all.

“So he became my enemy and was not talking to me like before.”

The singer’s wife added that Mohbad was humiliated, harassed, and bullied many times by his friends and members of Malian Records, his record label, before his death.

The Star

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