Superstar Afrobeats singer David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has dragged his first babymama Sophia Momodu to court, seeking custody of the daughter.
Alternatively, the singer requested the court to issue “an order granting the applicant unfettered and unrestricted access to Miss Imade.”
The originating motion was supported by a 44-paragraph affidavit deposed to by Davido himself. He recounted that, although he had a relationship with Momodu that resulted in the birth of their child on May 14, 2015, the relationship ended some years ago. They had agreed to co-parent and take care of their child as biological father and mother.
“That I have also been providing money for the rent of the apartment where the respondent resides with our daughter.”
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 said 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 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, however, she refused to inform me about that.”
“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 me.”
Davido and Sophia have often been at loggerheads.
Momodu revealed this via her Instagram Story when she reacted to a post about children bearing their mothers’ names.
According to her, she cried bitterly because her daughter could not bear her last name ‘Momodu’.