Davido Vs The Momodus: Dele Momodu Tells His Side Of The Story

Singer Davido last night exposed his baby mama Sophia
Momodu and her uncle, Dele Momodu for trying to extort
him and harm his baby
In response to the allegations, the renowned Ovation
journalist has reportedly released a lengthy piece in
response. Read it below!
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In September 2015, I got a call from Dr Adedeji Adeleke,
a long time family friend, telling me his son had fathered
a baby girl with my cousin, Sophia Momodu. I rejoiced
with him as any reasonable soul would do. He
apologised that he had not called all along because he
wasn’t sure if Sophie’s baby was going to turn out a
fake one like that of two others who had turned up at his
doorstep.
But mercifully, according to Dr Adeleke, Sophie’s baby
passed the DNA Test by over 98 percent and he was
elated.
I congratulated him again as a proud grandfather. He
said he would like to meet me with Sophie since
Sophie’s dad, Uncle Jibola Momodu, passed on years
ago and Sophie mentioned me as her cousin.
I had known about Sophie’s baby through her first
cousin Ruth Abraham and had called to congratulate
her. I was happy when she sent me pictures of the baby
and other romantic pictures with David Adeleke, aka
Davido. But I never contacted David’s dad deliberately
so as not to create the impression of begging for
marriage. Where we come from, it is the man who
approaches the lady’s family to plead to be allowed to
marry into the family.
Prior to this phone call from Dr Adeleke, Sophie had
narrated to me how on the 11th July, 2015, she was
tricked to Davido’s sister, Coco Adeleke’s house with
her baby, Imade Aurora Adeleke. After getting to the
house on Baderinwa Alabi Street, Lekki Phase I, Lagos,
her baby was forcefully taken from her and she was
thrown out of the premises with the threat that she
would be decisively dealt with if she ever bothered to
return there.
There were armed policemen in the premises and to
avoid what could have been a messy encounter, instinct
prevailed on her to make her leave her breast suckling
baby behind, with so much pain in her heart. By
daybreak on the next day, Sophie was again at Coco
Adeleke’s house to take her baby, but she was
prevented by armed policemen from gaining access into
the house. She was again threatened and warned never
to return for the child.
Despite the pain and trauma my cousin was made to
undergo, I restrained myself from getting directly
involved in the matter and appealed to her to stay calm
and take it easy with the Adelekes. But after the phone
call from Dr Adeleke, precisely on September 10, 2015, I
picked up Sophie and her mum and drove to Dr
Adeleke’s home in Lekki, Lagos.
All through this time, I had waited patiently to meet Dr
Adeleke with questions probing for answers. Dr Adeleke
invited two of his close friends to the meeting namely
His Majesty OBA ADEDOKUN ABOLARIN and Mr Wale
Adeeyo. We went into lengthy discussions. His daughter
Coco had brought in the little baby and both attended the
meeting.
Dr Adeleke explained why it took some time to call me
and I said I understood. Dr Adeleke said the baby was
discovered to have traces of marijuana in her during
medical test and said he believed Sophie and David were
smokers and he needed to protect the child from two
irresponsible parents, as he described them. He told the
gathering that the baby would be under temporary
custody and observation.
He directed that Sophie would come to his house every
Sunday to see her baby. Our family agreed. He promised
to pay Sophie a monthly upkeep. We thanked him for his
kindness. He promised to buy her a car. We were
grateful for his generosity. We had dinner with him and
left. David was not present. Sophie said she got the
monthly upkeep but never got the car and that she
prefers to have her baby back and the Adelekes can
keep their money.
I called Dr Adeleke and he said I should allay her fears. I
pleaded again for patience. I was shocked when Sophie
called me desperately and said her daughter was being
taken to Dubai by Coco. I immediately called Coco and
she said she was taking the baby for intensive medicals
and I wondered how she would pass through the airport
without the consent of Sophie but she actually did and
even sent me pictures from Dubai.
I played it cool and encouraged Sophie to calm
down. Sophie became withdrawn and extremely
saddened. The situation went from bad to worse. She
and David became aggressive enemies. At a point,
David sent messages to Sophie and using the ‘f’ word
against me. His father was shocked and called him to
apologise which he did and I accepted and even told him
how much I love him.
The worst came when my wife came from London and
went with Sophie to check on the baby at Coco’s house
and they were literally walked out and told they were not
welcome in her house. My wife called and I called Dr
Adeleke who said they should go to his house and wait
for him. Their meeting did not go well because my wife
asked when the baby would be returned to her mum and
Dr Adeleke went into the same old story of marijuana
abuse and Sophie said she was ready for a test which Dr
Adeleke wasn’t interested in.
Dr Adeleke explained why the car had not been bought
and my wife told him the baby was the issue and not the
car. Dr Adeleke didn’t like the sound of this but it was
reaching a point that some truth needed to be told that a
baby cannot be bought with money. I flew to Nigeria on
December 28, 2015 after Sophie told me the Adelekes
were travelling to Dubai with her baby without her
consent again.
As soon as I landed I called Uncle Wale Adeeyo, a close
confidant of Dr Adeleke and expressed our displeasure
at the way Sophie was being treated and he promised to
speak to Dr Adeleke. When he came back to me he didn’t
sound too positive. We spoke several times and nothing
tangible came out of his supposed intervention. I called
Oba Dokun Abolarin but he was busy at a wedding in
Ibadan.
I then called Uncle Wale again and told him Sophie has
plans to stop the trip on the knowledge that David has
collected an American passport for the baby and the
rumour that the baby was being abducted to America. I
pleaded that we should avoid a confrontation. I headed
to the airport to alert the authorities including
Immigration and Emirates.
As predicted, the Adelekes arrived the airport with the
baby where Immigration had laid in wait for them. Coco
came forward and was asked who the mother of the
baby was and she claimed ownership and her passport
and that of the baby were taken away by Immigration.
Her dad was alerted and he came to the office of the
Comptroller with others to try and rescue the passports
but the Immigration stood their grounds.
I saw him making frantic calls but he gave up after the
flight departed. He repeated the same boast that no one
could ever take the baby from him and I told him to stop
talking like God. No one likes a fight but we have been
treated shabbily and had to stop the charade. We could
not be intimidated and everyone at the airport expressed
shock and horror at such a brazen attempt to export a
human being only seven months old without the mother.
We thanked the officers who rescued us from a powerful
family. We are always for peace, justice and equity. No
one threatened the Adelekes with any expose unless
they were using reverse psychology. Personally, I’m not
a junk writer and would never descend so low to abuse
those permanently connected to us through an innocent
baby. We love the baby like they do and such an
innocent child deserves to be protected by both families.