The Elegushi of Ikate Kingdom, Oba Saheed Ademola, from the Eti-Osa Local Community Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, has officially distanced himself from the current paternity dispute involving Liam Aloba, the son of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad.

Some social media influencers including one Abosede Comfort Ilesanmi, a Nigerian based in Germany, and one Olubukola Jesse, popularly known as Bukky Jesse, who lives in the United Kingdom, have reportedly been using TikTok to spread information that the monarch is the biological father of Mohbad’s son.

Their allegations have generated widespread controversies on social media platforms as many social media users have been asking Mohbad’s wife, Wunmi to release her son, Liam to her father-in-law, Mr. Joseph Aloba to conduct a DNA test to ascertain the identity of the biological father of the boy.

But Wunmi and her legal team have insisted that Mohbad’s father must get a court order before Liam could be presented for a DNA test.

However, Oba Elegushi in a statement issued on Tuesday by his media consultant, Lambert and Curtis and signed by Deyemi Saka, dissociated himself from the paternity saga, describing the social media influencers’ insinuation as false and a figment of their wicked imaginations.

The statement read, “We are the media consultant to the Elegushi Royal Family and we will like to respond to a new desperate attempt at dragging His Royal Majesty, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi to the needless paternity dispute over the son of Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as “Mohbad”.

“While we pray to almighty God to grant the Alobas the immense strength to bear this painful loss we urge people to refrain from dragging the integrity of His Royal Majesty Oba Saheed Elegushi and the revered traditional institution he represents into public disrepute.”