OUTLANDISH!

 

'She's Frustrating Me'

Davido Cries Out Over Baby Mama's Outlandish Demands

. Sues Her For Daughter's Joint Custody

Afro-beat crooner and international award-winning singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has cried out over the antics of one of his baby mamas who is allegedly frustrating him from having joint custody of his daughter.

The baby mama, Sophia Momodu, is the mother of Davido's first daughter, Imade who was born May 15th 2015.

In an originating motion filed by his lawyers, Dr Olaniyi Arije, Okey Barrah and others, at the Lagos State High Court, dated April 17, 2024, Davido is praying the court for “an order granting joint custody of Miss Imade Adeleke to the applicant.”

In the alternative, Davido prayed to the court for “an order granting him unfettered and unrestricted access to Miss Imade.”

In 44-paragraph affidavit deposed to by Davido himself, the musician narrated Sophia's antics which were ostensibly designed to frustrate him from ensuring his daughter has a good life and better education.

He said though he had a relationship with Momodu that led to the birth of their child, the relationship had ended some years ago “while we resolved to take care of our child as biological father and mother.”

Davido said, “It is on record that I have been responsible for the payment of all the school fees of my daughter to provide her with the best education possible and to meet all her educational needs without a hitch.

“I have also been providing money for the rent of the apartment where the respondent resides with our daughter.”

The musician added that as a result of the love he had for Imade, he purchased and offered the mother a N200m worth apartment in a conducive gated community with a swimming pool and 24-hour power and water supply at Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos. An offer he claimed was turned down.

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.”

Davido revealed that in order to ensure that the interest of Imade was well-catered for, “I bought a Range Rover Sport Utility Vehicle for the use of the child and the respondent to meet the transport needs, including transportation of the child to and from school, etc.”

He, however, added that sometime last year, he received a call from her daughter’s school that Imade had been absent for two weeks, and upon his inquiry from Momodu, “She began to make excuses and complained that the Range Rover SUV was not in a good condition, even as she refused to inform me about that.”

He added, “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, to further ensure that the interest of their child was adequately taken care of, “I also made commitments to pay for living expenses, the fees of the nanny to our child, provide medical and health care, insurance, periodic international travel expenses and tickets.”

“That notwithstanding my efforts in the overall interest of my daughter, the respondent has continued to make outlandish and Utopian demands to frustrate me,” the singer added.

Listing the other demands allegedly made by Momodu, he said, “The respondent, among others, is demanding that I should pay the nanny she hired the sum of $800 per month, and that the total sum of $19,600 per annum be paid as a lump sum.”

Davido claimed that despite his contribution towards ensuring a better life for their daughter, “the respondent has continued to show me unwarranted cruelty, inflicting so much pain on him."

Sophia and Davido have always been at loggerheads.

In 2015, Davido reportedly declared, Sophia Momodu can never be his wife, despite having a child for him.

This was after Sophia had alleged the musician of luring her into bringing the child home where the baby was forcefully taken away from her.

Reports then said Davido and his sister, Ashely, were reportedly stopped from travelling to Dubai with the child by immigration officials at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in response to a petition by Sophia that the child had been abducted.

Also, Sophia’s lawyers had in a petition to the Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) alleged that the baby had been forcibly taken from her.

The said petition also claimed that repeated efforts by Sophia to get her baby back since then were unsuccessful, leaving her to turn to friends and her uncle, Dele Momodu, for help.