Last month ,September 12 makes it a year that Nigerian rapper and singer Mohbad, real name Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, died in mysterious circumstances.
Several protests from the dead singer’s fans in Nigeria and other countries but nothing tangible came out of it.
Recall that he was hurriedly buried by his father in a coffin that was too short for his length that had his neck broken because he died young.
Protests against the burial made the Lagos state government wade in, and his body was exhumed thereafter for an autopsy.
Thirteen months after, MohBad’s body lies cold and ever still in the morgue even after he had been cut open and stitched from autopsy.
His father, Mr.Joseph Aloba, who is currently a singer, wanted a DNA done on Liam, MohBad’s son because he felt the boy may not be his grandchild after all.
Other factors have set in at the same time, no one is letting go. No truce. No compromise. Yet ,who suffers most? It is simply
Mohbad’s body.
Even as his earthly body lays still, his soul and spirits are restless, crying to be laid to rest at all cost .
Sometimes, people need to compromise to achieve results. And you wonder if in 10 years Wunmi, MohBad’s wife is still refusing the paternity test for Liam, will Mohbad not be buried again?
Morgue expenses are rising every day, yet his parents who are not financially muscled are less concerned.
Some pople who are supposed to help have been cut off and no possible outcome.
It is no longer what is right or necessary. Rather, that body needs to rest after a lot of trouble. No matter how preserved his body may be, after a while, it will decay.
Has anyone visited a typical morgue? Or let’s just imagine a frozen store where fishes are stacked in sizes. They are kept frozen to retain their freshness but if power is epileptic as it is in Nigeria,your guess is as good as mine.
NEPA or Disco as it is known today does not have respect for the dead. Invariably, power is never guaranteed.
In any case, his body has just been lying unaccounted for over a year.
Since, his parents, especially his father is not ready to let go, his body could be donated to science and medical students as cadaver.
Or what do you think?
At the same time, may his soul finds rest.
See you next week.