Davido’s Expose On Custody Battle With Baby Mama, Sophia, Slams Dele Momodus

Musician Davido has revealed more details about his custody battle with Sophia Momodu, also known as the Baby Mama, over their nine-year-old daughter Imade.

The musician posted all of the text and supporting images on his Instagram page this morning (July 8, 2024), then deleted everything an hour later.

The lengthy piece is reproduced below:
Sophia’s second trimester came to an end, and she painfully informed me that she was on her way to the family. My mind was puzzled, as was my soul, which was confused. But I quickly realised that there was nothing more I could do to change my status as a father-to-be. I knew I was not prepared to be a father. Nonetheless, I adapted to the realities of my new situation and the consequences of my previous mistakes. I decided that I was going to be a good father. I also reasoned that my blunder was insufficient to make me a husband. I was only 21. So I decided to be a responsible father without being a husband to my baby’s mother. I was never in love with Sophia, nor did I intend to marry her.
Without knowing for certain that I was the baby’s biological father, I entrusted Sophia to a private hospital for pre-natal and post-natal medical care. I leased an apartment in Lekki for two years and paid for it myself. The burden of medical bills, feeding, transportation, and other expenses fell on me. Sophia’s family, including Uncle Dele Momodu, did not offer assistance or guidance.
I owned a property in Lekki and had allowed Sophia to stay there because she claimed she knew no one in Lagos and that her father had died while her mother lived in Abuja. Sophia was a drifter with no money, education, or career. My compassion, ignorance, naivety, and poor judgement all conspired to make me a victim of a much older lady with a wicked and diabolical mind. I stand accused, but I calmly accepted responsibility for the unfortunate mishap that forced me to share a seat with Sophia on a plane bound for nowhere. I have always been generous with Sophia, unaware that I was the father of the baby she was carrying. Sophia gave birth to her baby, Imade, on May 14, 2015. After Sophia delivered the baby, DNA testing confirmed that I was the biological father of our child, Imade.
Sophia began to place the highest financial demands on me after obtaining this status. I bought all of the baby items and completely furnished her flat. Sophia knew how to spend money but contributed nothing to my vast expenses. None of her family members contributed a single fake coin to the cost of having Imade.
Uncle Dele Momodu, the pompous moralist, never visited Sophia or sent her a simple greeting card. Uncle Dele Momodu and his bossy wife never showed up to say hello to Sophia or me during her many months at my house, even though she claimed she had no family in Lagos.
When things were going well, Sophia told me a lot about her uncle Dele Momodu, which I will not repeat here. She never invited me to accompany her on her visits to him, and I am not sure if she ever did so while staying at my house. She always explained that a visit to Uncle Dele was unnecessary. Uncle Dele Momodu has always disliked Sophia and continues to do so. He is now bragging because Sophia had a baby for a prominent family and famous Davido.
The case of Mrs Momodu confuses me even more. Why did not she move to Sophia’s flat to help her and teach her the tricks of motherhood when Imade was a baby? She did not pay Sophia and her baby a single visit until December 2015. She did not provide Sophia with care, love, or financial support. Mrs Momodu rushed to the Lagos Airport with a seven-month-old child with special medical needs, ruining her reputation as a mother: Mrs Momodu was unquestionably a bad person. She spent time and effort preventing my daughter and I, Imade’s biological father, from travelling abroad to attend an appointment at the American Hospital in Dubai. Imade was rushed to this medical facility in Dubai on the verge of death in November 2015, where she received helpful and adequate treatment before being returned to Nigeria without incident.
What propels Mr. and Mrs. Momodu’s fearful or dangerous love for Sophia? I have a strong feeling that this couple never loved Sophia or her late father. They also resent her mother and are probably jealous that Sophia ever became a mother herself, so they wish Sophia’s daughter, who is also my daughter, would die needlessly. Where is the inherent value in a callous human ploy that directly intends to prevent a child from receiving necessary medical care aboard once the biological father, David Adeleke, the child’s grandfather, and all of my siblings, Imade’s uncles and aunties, have booked flights on this critical medical trip to which we have attached a relaxing family vacation? Sophia is not a member of our family, period.
Sophia was not with Imade when she first visited Dubai, but Imade quickly returned to Nigeria. No one said Sophia could not come to Dubai until I stated that I did not want the trip to appear like a married getaway. Sophia is not my wife, and I refuse to let any action make us appear to be a couple. She appeared unable or unwilling to pay her way to Dubai. In addition, her boastful Uncle refused to volunteer to pay for her trip to Dubai. I never suggested to an elder what he should take on as his responsibility if he truly cared about Sophia, as his active participation in our strange relationship suggests. Mr Momodu never purchased the ticket but wanted to enforce his cosine by accompanying my family on this Dubai trip.
Dangerous lights are rapidly blinking red around my daughter, Sophia, and myself. Uncle Dele Momodu and his wife are the energy providers, promoting the idea of my daughter’s unnecessary death. I am now saying it loud and clear: if my daughter dies, this strange couple is primarily responsible. Mr. Dele Momodu, leave me and my family alone! His daughter has not had a child for me, and he has been too distant an uncle to Sophia to have any influence over the moral authority that governs the soul and heart of this matter. Sophia never introduced him or his wife to me. Why are they taking up so much of my and my daughter’s space?
Sophia moved into her fancy flat in May, the same month Imade was born, and I paid a steep rent for a two-year lease. Her baby was healthy. And she appeared to be happy. I would meet all of Imade’s financial obligations while also paying Sophia a 300,000 Naira living allowance plus utility bills. Sophia was missing and lusting for Lagos’ streets, particularly the glitzy nightlife. She frequently left Imade home for clubbing, binge drinking, and a life of debauchery and deviant behaviour. She slept all day and partied all night. When she was awake, she was addicted to both the telephone and cannabis. She gave the baby no attention and appeared to despise motherhood and parenting.
Imade was in her custody for two months, unchallenged and uninterrupted, until the baby became seriously ill in July. Imade cried ceaselessly for 48 hours. She was rushed to the hospital, where her condition astounded medical professionals. Several tests were performed on her, and then on her mother. Medical reports, attached (exhibit 1), demonstrated that Sophia’s blood was highly polluted with cannabis and that she had infected her child with complicated medical conditions associated with the use of alcohol, particularly cannabis, through breastfeeding. Imade’s lungs were the source of her problems. She had difficulty breathing in large part due to the contaminated breast milk and the severity of the poor child’s “Second Smoke” of marijuana.
*Source: Bella Naija