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| Davido. |
The break-up of any
relationship, especially with the involvement of an innocent child, is not
always a pleasant spectacle. But when sordid details of what should be kept
under wraps in this crumbling relationship are suddenly thrown into the public
space, it becomes utterly distressing.
How did David Adeleke
otherwise known as Davido, popular award-winning American-born singer, son of
the wealthy and powerful Dr. Adedeji Adeleke, fall into the trap of having to
wash his dirty linen in public concerning Sophie Momodu, baby mama of his seven
months daughter, Imade Aurora? Sophie Momodu, by the way, is the cousin of
Ovation’s Dele Momodu. Did Davido make himself a predator out of the typical
arrogance of the rich and powerful where they feel they could not be held
prisoners within the limits of human decency; and they could do anything with
no question asked?
Now accusations and
bitter recriminations are flying in all directions without restraints. How did
it come to this? From being at daggers drawn over the custody of their
daughter, Imade, Sophie’s lawyer had filed a petition to NAPTIP against the
Adelekes for alleged abduction of the baby. Without her consent, the
23-year-old international singer planned to travel to the United States with
their daughter, she alleged.
Apparently, despite the
well-intentioned interventions of family friends, the relationship has
deteriorated to the point where Davido and Sophie are now aggressive enemies.
Davido has lashed out on social media: “ I met Sophia when I was barely 21
years old. She was many years older than me and was able to manipulate me and
exploit my youth, naivety and generosity. Sophia is the mother of my daughter, and
no more! She never would be my wife as she was never qualified for that status.
Her background is very dissimilar from mine, and she has very paltry education
and equally diminished physical attributes.” Ouch, that was cold, Davido!
Having knowledge that
Davido had collected an American passport for Imade, and the rumour that the
baby was being abducted to America, Sophie hatched plans to abort the trip.
Having being dragged into the fray, Dele Momodu, publisher also of The Boss
newspaper in U.K., tried to get family friends to intervene as he wanted to
avoid a confrontation. He headed to the airport to alert the Immigration
authorities and Emirate. Hear what he said: “ As predicted, the Adelekes
arrived the airport with the baby where Immigration had laid in wait for them.
Coco came forward and was asked who the mother of the baby was and she claimed
ownership and her passport and that of the baby were taken away by Immigration.
Her dad was alerted and he came to the office of the Comptroller with others to
try and rescue the passports but the Immigration stood their grounds.
“ I saw him made
frantic calls but he gave up after the flight departed. He repeated the same
boast that no one could ever take the baby from him and I told him to stop
talking like God. No one likes a fight but we’ve been treated shabbily and had
to stop the charade. We could not be intimidated and everyone at the airport
expressed shock and horror at such a brazen attempt to export a human being
only seven months without the mother.
“ We thank the officers
who rescued us from a powerful family. We are always for peace, justice and
equity. No one threatened the Adelekes with any expose unless they are using
reversed psychology.”
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| Sophie Momodu and her baby,Imade. |
According to Dele
Momodu, on 11th July 2015, Sophie was tricked to Coco (Davido’s
sister) Adeleke’s house with her baby, Imade. But on getting there, the baby
was taken from her forcefully, being threatened never to bother to return.
Anxious to avoid a disgraceful encounter, she left only to return the next day for
her baby, but was stopped from gaining access into the house by armed
policemen, warned sternly and threatened again not to return to take the baby.
While he earlier
maintained a dignified silence, and kept his distance from the Adelekes at the
news of Sophie’s safe delivery as he was not prepared to be seen as forcing the
issue of marriage on Davido, Dele Momodu was actually relieved when Davido’s
father called the publisher on September 10, 2015 asking for a meeting. During the meeting, Dr. Adeleke stated that
Davido’s paternity could not be questioned as the baby passed the DNA test by
over 98 per cent.
According to Dele
Momodu in his words: “ Dr. Adeleke explained why it took some time to call me
and I said I understood. Dr. Adeleke said the baby was discovered to have
traces of marijuana in her during medical test and said he believed Sophie and
David were smokers and he needed to
protect the child from two irresponsible parents, as he described them. He told
the gathering that the baby would be under temporary custody and observation.
He directed that Sophie would come to his house every Sunday to see her baby
and the family agreed. He promised to pay Sophie a monthly upkeep. We thanked
him for his kindness. He promised to buy her a car. We were grateful for his
generosity.”
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| From left,Dele Momodu, on his immediate left, Sophie. |
Sophie, on her part, in
a series of posts she made on Twitter, claimed she regretted her love affair
with Davido, alleging that she was abused and threatened by him over the child:
“ Davido is the most useless man any woman can meet.”
Money appeared not to
be the problem. Davido said: “As for the person of Sophia, I paid a two-year
rent for her apartment at Lekki and she receives a monthly allowance of N300,000 naira from me ever since Imade was
born. This December, Sophia received N500,000 naira as her allowance and
Christmas bonus.”
Claiming that the baby
was infested with cannabis through her mother’s breasts, he had decided to take
her for extensive treatment in American Hospital at Dubai with all travel
expenses and medical costs borne by him. They had separated so there was no way
he could travel with Sophie.
He appeared to
foreclose any hope of reconciliation between him and his baby mama. He said: “
I am 23 years old now. Sophia appropriated me at 21. I have just unbridled my
life from her diabolical and shameless stranglehold. She should find her own
life and leave me alone.”
The only option for
well-wishers it seems is to lift a heart-felt prayer for these two people and
their baby.
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