More information is revealed in the biography of Mr. Joseph Festus Aloba, the late artiste Mohbad, who is reported to be a gospel vocalist.
Amidst the outrage following Mohbad’s father’s comments about his son’s life, a childhood colleague of his shed light on the life he lived raising his son alone.
Festus Olarewaju Ojo, a Facebook user, published the information obtained from Mr Aloba’s boyhood pal, who wished to remain unknown.
According to the disclosure, Mohbad’s father is only 55 years old but appears much older due to the trauma he endured. The guy also confirmed that Mohbad’s mother had really abandoned the family.
The text reads;
“A respected Man sent me this on WhatsApp…
Festus, Mohbad father’s went to the secondary school where I started form 1 in 1983. He was a year my senior. He left in form 2 when school fees was increased. He’s 55 years old. Poverty made him look older.
He’s a gospel musician and Mohbad was one of his back up singers for many years. I will send you one of his gospel music tracks and in 2.55s of the track you will hear one slang that Mohbad used in one of his songs….just listen.
A lot don’t know much about that family. His mother left when he was 4 years. After he started making money, he went to look for his mother and started giving his mum money and neglected his father….he insisted his father must remarry his mother and he would bankroll the wedding. His father refused. See there are a lot of things o…”