Joseph Aloba, father of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has once again opened up about his son’s career struggles and the circumstances surrounding his untimely death.
In a recent interview with Sunday Scoop, Aloba claimed that Mohbad was subjected to bullying during his time in the music industry, directly challenging Naira Marley’s recent denial of any wrongdoing.
Marley had previously insisted that his intentions were purely to guide Mohbad, particularly after learning the singer might have been using drugs.
Aloba, however, recounted a different experience: “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 further 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 explained, “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 discussion about Mohbad allegedly using his mother-in-law’s account for transactions has reignited public debate. Mohbad’s sister-in-law, Karimo, weighed in, saying, “‘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.’”
