Davido Drags Baby Mama to Court

 Singer and songwriter, David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has taken legal steps to obtain shared custody of his 9 year old daughter, Imade. The motion filed by the musician's legal team is an application of joint custody between Davido and Imade's mother, Sophia Momodu, which was filed at the Lagos State High Court on 17 April 2024. 

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The originating motion was supported by a 44-paragraph affidavit deposed to by Davido himself. He narrated that though he had a relationship with Momodu that led to the birth of their child on May 14, 2015, the relationship had ended some years ago  “while we resolved to take care of our child as biological father and mother.” The musician also included in his deposition, a list of luxury purchases he had offered Sophia Momodu in a bid to be closer to his daughter and fulfil his parental obligation whilr requesting that the court grants him unrestricted access to nine year old Imade.