Omowunmi, the wife of Ilerioluwa Aloba, Nigeria’s late musician professionally known as Mohbad, has received the court summons for her to carry out a DNA test to confirm the paternity of her son, Liam.
A Magistrate’s Court in Ikorodu, Lagos had earlier given the order for substituted service on her.
This followed the inability of court bailiffs to serve the summons on Omowunmi personally.
According to available information on Saturday, the summons was affixed to the gate of the last known address of Omowunmi.
This followed the application filed by the legal team to Joseph Aloba, father to the late singer, which sought an order to serve Omowunmi by posting all the originating processes and other processes in the suit on her last known address.
A statement signed by a member of the legal team to the Aloba family, Monisola Odumosu, confirmed this.
According to the statement, the legal team, led by Emmanuel Oroko, had argued that the sheriff had attempted twice to serve Omowunmi the court process but failed.
The statement said: “If the process were served on the last-known address of the respondent by Order of the Court, it would constitute good service and she would be aware of the pending suit.
“The Chief Magistrate granted the order and ordered that the respondent be served by posting the court process on her last known address.
“It will be recalled that the Aloba family is contesting the paternity of baby Liam and filed an application before the Family Court wherein it sought an order of the court against Wunmi to present herself and baby Liam for a DNA test at any recognised laboratory in Lagos.”
The statement quoted Omowunmi, in a viral video, as saying she was ready for a DNA test, noting that she had never been available for the court sheriff to serve her the originating motion.
