A magistrate court in Ikorodu, Lagos has ordered that Wunmi, the wife of the late singer Mohbad, be notified of a pending DNA test application by substituted means.
Substituted means are methods for formal delivery of court papers that replace personal service.
In a statement signed by Monisola Odumosu, a member of the legal team to the Aloba family, on Wednesday, Joseph Aloba, Mohbad’s dad, sought an order to serve Wunmi the court papers for the DNA, by posting all the originating processes and other processes in the suit on the last-known address of the respondent.
The statement added that the order became necessary after the court sheriff allegedly attempted to serve the court process personally on Wunmi twice, but failed.
“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,” it reads.
“The Chief Magistrate granted the order and ordered that the respondent be served by posting the court process on her last known address.”
The statement added that despite saying she was ready for a DNA test, Wunmi “had never been available for the court sheriff to serve her the originating motion”.