Following the recent issue of supposed will left behind by Ilerioluwa Aloba, professionally known as Mohbad, the management team of the late singer has slammed his father, Joseph Aloba, with a N200 million defamation suit.
The Eagle Online is reporting that the decision to sue followed a recent interview Mohbad’s father granted TVC.
In it, the senior Aloba said his 26-year-old son left a thumbprint-only will that lacked a signature.
Contradicting the claims, Mohbad’s management released a statement to dismiss the allegations, deeming the purported will as fake and unprecedented.
The Management clarified that neither any member of Mohbad’s team nor his lawyer has communicated the existence of a will or any thumb printed document.
Reacting to the intensified dispute, the management insisted that Mohbad’s father retracted what they perceived as “slanderous” remarks.
In a lawsuit signed by Mohbad’s lawyer, Bankole Falade, the management demanded that Mohbad’s father should issue a public apology with an additional N200 million deposit for damages.
It reads: “You are to publish the same unqualified apology within 14 days of this letter with payment of N200 million Naira through this Honourable Chambers (Bankole Falade & Co.) within the set period.”
Also, the management disclosed that a “Post No Debit Order” was placed on all accounts owned and controlled by the late singer on September 12, 2023 and it is still in effect.
They further said that all the accounts would be transferred to the family of the late singer once the internal dispute gets resolved.
On his part, Aloba, who expressed shock, explained that as a father, he had never known about his late son having a will.
His statement: “Mohbad is the kind of person who will never think of using his hand to thumbprint, instead of that, he will sign.
“Because he was dead, they had to call a lawyer to do their mathematics inside.
“I did not believe that.
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“He cannot thumbprint, and he is supposed to sign.
“I, as his father, cannot even say I want a thumbprint.
“I have my signature, and he has his signature too.
“Simply because they cannot trace him, they had to use his hand to thumbprint many things there.”
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