Nigeria, May 18 -- Mohbad's father, Joseph Aloba, has denied allegations that he said that renowned rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana threatened to kill him amidst the ongoing controversies surrounding his son Mohbad's death.

Falana's law firm, Falana's Chambers, represents Wunmi Aloba, Mohbad's widow, in the ongoing legal case for Mohbad's justice.

Earlier, reports emerged that Mr Aloba accused Mr Falana and his son's widow of threatening his life.

However, in a statement on Friday, Mr Aloba described such claims as 'falsehoods from the pit of hell.'

The statement partly read: "My attention has been drawn to misleading publications in the social media titled severally as follows: I fear that Femi Falana...