By Joshua Tosin Ogunsakin 
Magistrate Adefisoye Sonuga of an Ikorodu Magistrates’ court has ordered that Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) tests be conducted on Liam Aloba, the son of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, a.k.a Mohbad.
Magistrate Sonuga gave the order while ruling on an application filed by the late Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, who sought a test to determine the paternity of Liam.
The tests are to be conducted in an accredited and recognised hospital, in Nigeria and abroad.
The late Mohbad’s wife, Omowunmi Cynthia Aloba, was listed as the sole respondent in the application filed by Joseph Aloba through his counsel Wahab Shittu (SAN).
The application was brought pursuant to Order 8 Rules 1 & 8 of the Family Court of Lagos State (Civil Procedure) 2012, and Order 9 Rules 8 & 9 of the Magistrate Courts (Civil Procedure) Rules 2009.
The applicant seeks an order of the court directing the Chief Medical Officer /Chief Pathologist or any other appropriately qualified officer of the Military Hospital Yaba, Lagos, who is in charge of the remains of the late Mohbad presently at the Military Hospital Yaba Lagos, to remove any tissue/ hair or any part of the body of the deceased for the purpose of conducting a DNA test on Master Liam Aloba, at a recognised and accredited Government or private medical facility within Lagos State or other agreeable hospital outside Lagos State.