Nigerian musician David Adeleke, aka Davido, and his baby mama, Sophia Momodu, are now entangled in a legal battle for the custody of their daughter, Imade Adeleke.
According to reports from Punch NG, Davido’s lawyers, Dr Olaniyi Arijeh, Okey Barrah, and others, filed a motion in the Lagos High Court on April 17, 2024, to grant the singer access to Imade.
The music star was seeking joint custody for Imade or unrestricted access to the nine-year-old child.
The lawsuit, marked LD/1587PMC/2024, had Davido as the applicant and Sophia as the respondent. In the affidavit attached to the motion, the DMW boss explained how his relationship with his baby mama led to Imade’s birth on May 14, 2015, and how they had resolved to both take care of her.
The singer also claimed that he had been taking responsibility for Imade’s school fees and paying the rent for the apartment where they lived. Davido also noted that because of his love for his daughter, he bought a N200 million apartment in a condominium gated community with impressive facilities including a swimming pool, 24 hours power and water supply in Victoria Island, but Sophia turned it down and asked him to be paying N5 million yearly as his contribution to Imade’s accommodation.
He said, “The respondent rejected the offer to stay and live at the above-described secured Oniru apartment, which had been purchased already, but demanded that I continue to pay N5,000,000 annually for a rented facility as my own contribution towards my daughter’s accommodation.”
In the affidavit, Davido also noted that he bought a Range Rover for Imade and her mother to meet their transportation needs including taking their daughter to and from school. However, he once received a call from his child’s school that she had been absent for two weeks and he asked Sophia about it.
“She began to make excuses and complained that the Range Rover SUV was not in a good condition, however, she refused to inform me about that.
“Sequel to the information about the said condition of the vehicle, I provided another vehicle, Highlander SUV, and in addition, the sum of N5.8m as requested by her for the repair of the Range Rover SUV, making it two vehicles in the custody and use of the respondent and our daughter.”
According to Davido, Sophia had continued to make requests to frustrate him despite his efforts for his daughter. The singer claimed his baby mama requested he pay $800 per month for Imade’s nanny and that he was to pay it as a lump sum of $19,600 per year. OBO noted that despite everything he had done to care for his daughter, Sophia continued to be cruel to him.
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