‘As for now, you can have Imade’ – Davido replies Sophia Momodu after mentioning his son’s death in custody case
Award-winning artiste, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has hinted at his intention to leave his first child, Imade, in custody of her mother, Sophia Momodu.
This follows a counter affidavit filed by Momodu who claimed that Davido is unfit to have custody of their daughter.
In court on Friday, July 5, Momodu’s lawyers while responding to the earlier suit filed by Davido alleged that the artiste’s home is not a safe environment for Imade considering the tragic death of his son, Ifeanyi in 2022.
This formed part of her evidences to deny Davido custody of their daughter, Imade.
The document, 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 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.”
Responding to Momodu’s assertions in a post on X, Davido stated that the death of his son has continued to haunt him for years.
He expressed his bitterness at Momodu for bringing up his son’s tragic death in the custody case as it reminds him of the unfortunate tragedy.
“Your 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,” he wrote on X on Friday, July 5.
Your 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…
— Davido (@davido) July 5, 2024
He further expressed his readiness to let go of seeking custody of Imade, stating that she won’t be a child forever and that she will grow to see how he fought for her.
“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,” Davido tweeted.
He continued: “All I asked for was ‘joint custody’ but cus it’s Davido y’all wanna act like y’all can’t read! SMH I’m off this … y’all be blessed and I pray this never happens to you.”
