Former School Principal Makes Fresh Revelations On MohBad’s Educational Record, The Course He Wanted To Study

Former School Principal Makes Fresh Revelations On MohBad’s Educational Record, The Course He Wanted To Study

Abidemi Faboye, the owner and head of Abifab College in Ikorodu, Lagos State, where the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, attended, has shared some cherished memories of him.

Faboye mentioned that Mohbad aspired to pursue a career in Accounting and demonstrated commendable academic performance, particularly excelling in mathematics and financial accounting.

In an interview with PUNCH, the former school principal expressed surprise upon learning that Mohbad had joined the Marlian group, expressing doubts about whether Mohbad could adapt to such a circle.

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He said, “I knew him when he enrolled in my school in 2013. His elder sister, Blessing, also graduated from the school in 2013. He was brought from a public school, and he was a quiet boy. He was tall and slim. It was years after secondary school that he added weight.

“He was 17 years old, and was a bit more mature than some of his classmates. He wrote the National Examination Council senior secondary certificate exam in 2015, and made his papers in one sitting. He spent two years in the school, and there was a transformation in his life. He always called me, ‘daddy’. I always wanted my students to call me ‘Abifab’ or ‘Mr Abifab’, but he found it difficult to call me that.

Whenever Promise (Ilerioluwa) called me ‘daddy’, I would tell him to call me ‘Abifab’; and he would just laugh.

“He was in commercial class, and he had very good results. I would not say he was an excellent student, but he was above average. He was an easygoing person, who only played occasionally. He never made trouble.

“He wanted to study Accounting, and I told him there was no way he could do that without mathematics. So, he improved in mathematics and financial accounting.

“When I heard that he was a member of the Marlian group, I was surprised. I doubted if he could cope with such group. Although he was mature, I felt he must have mixed with a few others who joined the record label. I prayed that God would be with him, because after he left school, we did not communicate regularly.

“Many of us, including the teachers who taught him, were surprised. When we heard about Imole, we were all surprised. I was not familiar with afrobeats music, until one day, my daughter told me, ‘Do you know Uncle Promise is now Mohbad?’ I took my phone and chatted with him via Messenger. He then gave me his number. His dad is a carpenter, and as a student, he often assisted his dad. He learnt carpentry from his father, who is also a pastor.”

The former principal added, “If people like us were aware that he had problems with his record label, we would have spoken to them, and I believe God would make him listen. Not all musicians are gangsters.