Nigerian afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has seemed to have given up on the joint custody battle of his first child, Imade, with his baby mama, Sophia Momodu.
The afrobeat star took to his official page on X (formerly Twitter) on 5th of July, 2024, to address the issue in an emotional series of posts.
Amid the ongoing court case between Davido and Sophia Momodu for joint custody of their daughter Imade, Davido has said that she can have her.
His first post read, “You are constantly bringing up the death of my child at any point u can to just remind us of this tragedy that haunts us every day 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!”
He clarified his stance on the custody matter, retweeting an explanation by an X user the meaning of joint custody and sole custody.
“All I ask for was JOINT CUSTODY !! And nothing else! But cus it’s ‘Davido’ y’all wanna act like y’all can’t read. Smh.. I’m off this! Yall be blessed, and I pray this never happens to you,” he wrote.
Davido’s posts follow their appearance before Justice Bashua’s family court in Yaba, Lagos State, on Friday, earlier in the day.
Throughout the court proceedings, the singer stressed that, contrary to Momodu’s claims, he has been fulfilling his paternal responsibilities to Imade over the years, including paying her school fees, providing transportation, and even providing accommodation.
However, Momodu claimed that Davido had abandoned their child for the past two years and declared him unfit to care for their child.
She told the court that Davido is always unavailable and does not possess the ability to care for her.
She also listed six reasons why she deemed him unfit to care for her, ranging from his controversial lifestyle to his unavailability.
In her document, she also alleged that Davido only used to see their daughter when he had PR or media stunts scheduled.
Meanwhile, a mild drama had earlier ensued in court as Momodu’s counsel objected to how his client was served.
However, Davido seemed to have given up on the matter as he replied an X user that Momodu should have the custody of their daughter, saying “make she keep am”.
