Oladayo Ogungbe, legal representative of the Aloba family, has revealed that two of the three laboratories approved to conduct the paternity test for late musician Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, and his alleged son, Liam, are unable to perform post-mortem DNA testing on embalmed bodies.
Ogungbe explained that since Mohbad, who passed away in September 2023, was embalmed, the DNA examination requires extraction from tissue samples, a process the two labs cannot accommodate.
On February 24, 2026, Magistrate B.A. Sonuga directed that the paternity test be carried out in three laboratories agreed upon by both parties and the court to ensure credibility and transparency. The court also mandated that the collection and transfer of samples be supervised by the Social Welfare Officer in the presence of all parties and their lawyers.
The laboratories approved were selected through a tripartite process involving the court and both sides. They include DNA Diagnostics Centre in Fairfield, Ohio, United States, nominated by the applicant; Alpha Bio Labs in Warrington, United Kingdom, submitted by Mohbad’s wife, Wunmi; and Advanced Histopathology Laboratory Limited, London, United Kingdom, chosen independently by the Welfare Officer.
Ogungbe said that representatives of Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, had verified beforehand whether the laboratories could handle tissue-based post-mortem DNA tests. Responses from Alpha Bio Labs and Advanced Histopathology Laboratory confirmed that they do not conduct such testing.
An Affidavit of Facts containing the correspondence from the laboratories has now been filed in court to ensure transparency.
“It is therefore incorrect and misleading to suggest that Mr Joseph Aloba deliberately selected laboratories lacking the competence to conduct tissue-based DNA testing,” Ogungbe stressed.
