Mohbad DNA test faces setback as two court-approved labs rejects embalmed body

Fresh drama surrounds the DNA case involving late singer llerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad as two of the three court-approved laboratories reportedly declined to conduct the test.

The Aloba family’s lawyer, Oladayo Ogungbe, disclosed that the labs said they do not perform post-mortem DNA testing on embalmed bodies.

Since Mohbad’s remains were embalmed after his death in September 2023, testing would require extracting DNA from tissue samples—a procedure they are not equipped to handle.

“It is incorrect and misleading to claim Mohbad’s father deliberately picked incompetent labs. Two labs confirmed they lack the capacity for this specialised testing,” Ogungbe stated.

The DNA test, ordered on February 24, 2026, by Magistrate B.A. Sonuga at Ikorodu Magistrate Court, aims to determine the paternity between Mohbad and his alleged son, Liam.

The three labs involved included DNA Diagnostics Centre (proposed by the applicant), Alpha Bio Labs (submitted by Mohbad’s wife, Wunmi Aloba), and Advanced Histopathology Laboratory Limited (chosen by the court).

The case remains unresolved as the family and the courts work to find a lab capable of carrying out the specialised testing needed for Mohbad’s post-mortem DNA analysis.