HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Almost a month after the sudden demise of fast-rising Afrobeats singer, Mohbad, his father Joseph Aloba has opened up on reasons for his hasty burial.
Mohbad whose real name is Ilerioluwa Aloba died on Tuesday, September 12, and his cause of death is yet to be revealed.
His father has been facing constant backlash for burying the singer a day after his death and sealing his cemetery without an autopsy.
In a recent interview with BBC Yoruba, Joseph Aloba said: “When my son died, we took his corpse to police station to get a police report, but wasn’t issued. We took the corpse to mortuary but was rejected. I couldn’t be watching him in the house.I had to bury him. Nigerians should forgive me if I offended them. Nobody loves him like me.
“I have never seen Sam Larry before in my life. When I visited Naira marley after the NDLEA issue, Mohbad was eating, and Naira picked the same spoon he was using and was eating with him.
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This really touched me that he loved him so much, but my son told me Naira and the people around him does not love him, that he knows them well.
Then I went to Naira’s room to prostrate and beg him to forgive my son; whatever he might have done, I didn’t know he was recording me. Even though my son insisted that he was the one living there and Naira is ev!l, but I did not believe him.
Another time, I was with my son; after praying for him, he told me he was going out. He went out with three people, 30 mins later, one of them ran back home to tell me that they were be@ting my son.
It was like three streets away, before I got there, everything had stopped. Then Mohbad said I should look at how they treated him, I told him to allow me cry out but he refused.
I saw Bella that day, and they reported the issue to a lawyer but because those people are powerful, nothing was done.. After then, anywhere my son goes to perform its always with fear.
He was beaten again during his video shoot with Zlatan. I told him to come see me so we can visit the Oba and ask for assistance.. When he was coming, he bought rice and other foodstuffs that he shared in the Ikorodu neighbourhood, and his fans were all around him. The crowd was too much that we couldn’t see the Oba that day again. I need justice for him. As a pastor, I can’t fight this traditionally because of my religion. If they want to do the DNA, they should go ahead.”