Davido has reacted to a counter affidavit filed by Sophia Momodu over their lingering child custody dispute.
Davido and Sophia have been in the news over the custody of
Imade, their 9-year-old daughter.
The Afrobeats star filed a motion through his lawyers
Olaniyi Arije and Okey Barrah at the Lagos high court on April 17, seeking the
court’s order granting him “unfettered and unrestricted access” to Imade.
The singer said he has been responsible for Imade’s
education, housing, transportation, living expenses, health care, and periodic
travel.
He also alleged that Sophia has been causing him “emotional
distress” with her “utopian” demands. He claimed she also once denied him
access to their daughter for nearly two years.
In her response to the lawsuit, Sophia argued that she has
never denied Davido access to their daughter.
She also claimed Davido “repeatedly threatened” to make her
life “miserable” if she did not make herself “available to him sexually”.
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In a recent court document, Sophia claimed that the singer
“became suddenly interested” in Imade after the demise of Ifeanyi Adeleke.
Ifeanyi, Davido’s son with his wife Chioma, died in October
2022. He drowned in a pool at the singer’s Lagos home.
Sophia, in the court document, said ”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”.
But in a recent post on social media, Davido explained that
he is only requesting joint custody of Imade, “not sole access”.
He tackled Sophia for bringing up the death of Ifeanyi. The
singer also appeared to back out of the child custody case, telling Sophia “you
can have Imade”.
“All I ask for is joint custody!! And nothing else! 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,” he wrote.
“Joint custody – Both parents will have access to the child.
Sole custody – Only a single parent will have access to the child.
“You’re constantly bringing up the death of my child at any
point u can to just remind us of this tragedy that haunts us everyday of our
lives. Imade will grow up to see I fought for her as for now u can have her.
P.S she won’t be a child forever.. enjoy Imade Aurora Adeleke! Your father
loves you!”
Make she keep am https://t.co/9Yfkpa8f3r
— Davido (@davido) July 5, 2024
Sophia earlier alleged that Davido once connived with his sisters to kidnap Imade.
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