Tension continues to simmer between the Aloba family and Omowunmi, widow of late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known as Mohbad, after she ignored the family’s directive to stop using their surname pending the outcome of a court-ordered DNA test.
The family, in a statement signed by Omolayo Aloba and Joseph Aloba (Mohbad’s father), claimed there was no statutory or traditional marriage between Mohbad and Omowunmi, noting that key Yoruba customary rites, including the payment of bride price, were never completed.
“For the avoidance of doubt, no statutory or customary marriage was contracted between the late Mohbad and Wunmi Adebanjo,” the statement read, as the family also announced three administrators Ajewole Aloba, Rasaq Famuyiwa, and Alonge Aloba to oversee Mohbad’s estate, royalties, and intellectual property.
In defiance, Omowunmi took to her Instagram story on Thursday, November 13, identifying herself as “Wunmi Aloba” and writing, “Please patronize Wunmi Aloba oo, Liam Aloba needs to be taken care of.”
The family had earlier stated that if the DNA test confirms that Mohbad fathered Liam, both mother and child would be formally recognized in the estate administration process.
However, Omowunmi’s lawyer, Kabir Akingbolu, dismissed the family’s directive as illegal and baseless, stressing that no one can restrain his client from bearing her late husband’s name.
“Under the law, nobody can stop her from using the name Aloba, it was her husband’s name, and she has every right to keep it,” Akingbolu said. “The Supreme Court, in Ojukwu vs Ojukwu, ruled that no one has a monopoly over a surname. There are thousands of Alobas in the world. They are the ones running from the DNA; we have always been ready, even if it’s today or tomorrow.”
The ongoing feud adds yet another layer to the controversies surrounding Mohbad’s death, as both family and legal representatives continue to clash over paternity, inheritance, and marital recognition.
