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| Davido with daughter, Imade |
Davido has publicly addressed the ongoing child custody dispute with his first baby mama, Sophia Momodu, hinting at potentially ending the legal battle over their daughter Imade.
This comes after Momodu filed a counter-affidavit in court, arguing against granting Davido custody of their daughter.
In her filing, Momodu cited Davido's controversial lifestyle, frequent travels, and the tragic death of his son Ifeanyi in 2022 as reasons why their daughter should not be placed in his custody, alleging that his home is an unsafe environment for a young girl
She claimed that Davido used access to their daughter as a precondition for his sexual desires throughout their relationship.
Sophia’s arguments, which is now circulating on social media, read in part, “The applicant cannot take proper care of our daughter because he lives a controversial lifestyle (negative media attention) that will expose our daughter to more negative trauma at her tender age.
“The applicant in his role as an artiste always travels and allows many unsavoury male adults around him and his house, who will not be a good influence on an impressionable young female child, like our daughter.
“The applicant disagreed with child therapy as the applicant has been estranged from our daughter for a while and safely and sustainably establishing a meaningful presence in our daughter’s life is paramount.
“The applicant is married to another woman, and they live together. The proper upbringing of our daughter by another cannot be guaranteed.
“The fact that the applicant lost his son in his house in rather unfortunate and questionable circumstances shows that our daughter cannot be placed in the custody of the applicant.”
Reacting to Momodu's claims, Davido expressed his frustrations on X, Friday, July 5, 2024, stating how the death of his son has continued to haunt him every day and hinted that bringing it up only reminds him of the tragedy.
He wrote, “Your constantly bringing up the death of my child at any point you can to just remind us of this tragedy that haunts us everyday of our lives.”
He further expressed that he might let go of seeking custody of Imade, stress that she won’t be a child forever and that she will see how he fought for her.
He added, “Imade will grow up to see I fought for her. As for now, you can have her. P.S: she won’t be a child forever .. enjoy, Imade Aurora Adeleke! Your father loves you!
“All I asked for was ‘joint custody’ but cus it’s Davido yall wanna act like yall can’t read! SMH I’m off this … yall be blessed and I pray this never happens to you.”
Davido, it would be gathered, had dragged Momodu to court, seeking custody of their daughter, and claiming that he had been responsible for Imade’s education, housing, transportation, living expenses, health care, and periodic travel.
Responding to the lawsuit, Momodu released a statement, claiming that since they ended their relationship in July 2022, Davido had refused to contact their child or provide emotional and financial support to her.
She added that Davido had not seen Imade since July 2022 by his own choice, insisting that she had never denied him the opportunity to see his daughter.
The custody battle has become public, with Momodu accusing Davido of using the court case as a publicity stunt. She argues that this has exposed their daughter to unnecessary public attention.
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