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February 08, 2024

• By Reporter, other agencies

A trending video has captured Joseph Aloba, father of the late Nigerian singer, Mohbad, deeply moved in tears.

It could be remembered that that Mohbad’s mother, Abosede, had previously been reported of telling her ex-husband pointedly that he was not the biological father of the late artist.

In the clip, the elderly man was seen pouring out his pain over the unfortunate claim which has also left fans and netizens divided on who was innocent in the family saga

Joseph Aloba was seen listening to one of his unreleased songs as he uncontrollably poured his heart out.

She described Aloba a someone whose sole aim is to extort from Mohbad’s untimely death. Abosede had given her former husband a three-day ultimatum to submit to a DNA test on the departed artist’s paternity.

A day after that, the elderly man caught the attention of netizens with a clip of him crying openly and listing out his sorrows.

Legit.ng compiled some reactions as seen below:

• tobtan_1: “I don’t understand his pains before until I lost my mum the pains of losing the person u love is not easy.”
• real_yettty: “Dey play, someone mourning won’t even remember camera not to talk of posting it online.” tayoade_falz:
• “I’ve decided not to comment on any mohbad post again. May the Almighty God avenge his death in a very dangerous way. May his killers be brought to book no matter how long it tarries, May his oppressors never know peace in their life till they eventually die too.”
• lunaj_amie: “You all abusing him , do u think u love mohbad than his father ? He is expressing his pain through his songs and u are mocking him……. If only sense is granted to a lot of ppl , maybe !!! Just maybe !!!”
• elejireedunjobi: “I just don’t get how Nigerians think sometimes, a father that single handedly cared for his children when there mother was alive and nowhere to be found, would that person be happy to lose a grown-up and successful son. “

Because of one single mistake he made, they termed him as failure and enemy, where is mohbad’s mother when this man was struggling to train the kids she left behind?.Nigerians are one way traffic.”

mayorshad: “As long as baba mohbad is running healter shelter bcs of his son justice ⚖ speak alot of him. I belive him , His in pains.”

yusufmarsiyyat1: “God is with you sir… keep fighting…. Fighting for justice is not for the weak…be strong.”

Mohbad’s mother had granted an interview with TVC and shared some of the things she was told before the singer was born.

According to her, her husband’s elder sister warned her not to abort her next pregnancy because the child was God’s promise to her. She added that she had to name him Promise, which is the English name for Ilerioluwa.