Joseph Aloba, father of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has spoken out again about his son’s struggles and the circumstances surrounding his death.
In a recent interview with Sunday Scoop, Aloba claimed that Mohbad faced bullying during his career, challenging Naira Marley’s recent statement denying any wrongdoing.
Marley had previously said he only wanted to guide Mohbad, particularly after learning that the singer may have been using drugs.
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Aloba recounted, “I went to see Naira Marley over some of the things Mohbad had said, and that was all. But later, a lot of other things happened that I personally witnessed. There were about three other people present at the time; two of them are still alive today. They were people working with Naira Marley, even though they were younger and still under him. One of them once came to me to report that Naira Marley was beating Mohbad.”
He added, “When we went to see him to apologise, he wasn’t even speaking respectfully. People think I went there to collect money, but life is much more than just what I want to eat.”
Addressing the controversy over Mohbad receiving payments through a different bank account, Aloba said, “Naira Marley complained to me that he (Mohbad) was collecting money with an account that is not his and that he (Naira Marley) had to force him to use his personal account. I also saw that he was sending me money from a strange account and I warned him that anything he wants to give me should come from his own account. That’s what I know about the account issue.”
The revelations about Mohbad allegedly using his mother-in-law’s account for transactions have reignited public discussion.
Mohbad’s sister-in-law, Karimo, commented, “‘Naira Marley revealed that it was Wunmi’s mother’s account number Mohbad presented to him for the payment of his money and nobody is saying anything… By now I expect The SAN working for Baba Mohbad to have written a petition that Wunmi’s mother’s account should be investigated.’”
