Wunmi, the widow of Nigerian singer Mohbad, shares her story, including tensions with his family, the dispute over a paternity test for their son, and her fight for justice.
During an appearance on TVC’s Your View, Wunmi reminisced about meeting Mohbad at age 13 through the 2go app, marking the beginning of their long-standing friendship.
“I met him when I was 13, about 12 years ago. It was a 2go app stuff. I used to be a rapper and he sings. We started as friends, he was 15 when I was 13. He told me he liked me, we continued our relationship till we became married. We had a traditional marriage and God blessed us with a baby boy,” she said.
“We officially started the relationship when I was 17. I was in the university. He was in Osun while I was in Ijebu-Ode, so our relationship was not stable. We got serious in 2018, and from then till 2023, I did not step out of the relationship,” she continued.
The widow shed light on the disputed DNA test for her son, which has been a subject of controversy and expressed her dissatisfaction on how here father in-law addressed the situation, claiming he was only interested in Mohbad’s property than the DNA.
In her words during the interview, “the DNA issue is one thing that brings me so much pain. It sounds funny. How did we get here from #justiceformohbad? Somebody somewhere on social media who thinks he has right to interfere into family issues started the DNA narrative and a lot of people got along with it.”
“My father-in-law, even though he wanted DNA, I actually believed that he should find a way to address it, but instead he was just going online talking about DNA. I had to ask him ‘How did we get here, and what exactly do you want from me?’ Even when I called he didn’t talk about the DNA, he kept talking about the property, and the landed property my husband got for me. I was expecting him to talk to me like father-in-law to daughter-in-law. Talk to me and stop going out to talk about it but he never did; he never said anything regarding the DNA. I called him severally, he just kept talking about my husband’s property and if I feel like I have anything with me, I should hand it over to him or else he would go out to destroy me.”
She further stated, “I have nothing to hide, asking for DNA is not an issue, but it is just the way he is asking me. He knows so well that presently, let me say that I’m the most bullied widow in Nigeria right now, I feel like as a father-in-law… at first, he said it was because Nigerians wanted it, later he said my husband’s friends told him that he (Mohbad) had sex with me only once so one sex can never lead to pregnancy. He has found a way of convincing people that this DNA issue in one way or the other led to my husband’s demise. And Nigerians tend to work with their emotions, only a few people think outside the box. He has been trying to convince people that I’m promiscuous.”
“I granted my father-in-law’s request for DNA since last year but he doesn’t want again. He has stopped. He’s not interested in it anymore. I haven’t done it but of course I will. It’s a must, because of my child too. I don’t blame people who have been trying to defame my baby because they are acting on what they’ve heard.”
“He is not ready for the DNA now, he seems uninterested. He’s free to do it whenever he wants, he wants his own personal DNA to be the last. He should give me permission to do my own personal DNA. I don’t have anything to hide. He knows Liam is his grandson. They even look alike”
Wunmi revealed how Mohbad’s father allegedly coerced the young couple into starting a family, and expressed her determination to shield their son, Liam, from the ensuing public controversy and that aside the money contributed for Liam after MohBad’s demise, she has not gotten anything so far.
