Sophia Momodu, the previous accomplice of Davido, has submitted a counter-affidavit in response to Davido’s lawsuit looking for custody of their daughter.
Momodu claims that Davido has not fulfilled his {financial} obligations in the direction of their little one, reminiscent of neglecting to pay faculty charges, and solely expresses curiosity in seeing their daughter when it fits his media appearances.
She additionally asserts that Davido’s requests to go to their daughter are generally contingent on her agreeing to sexual favors, and that he has a monitor document of abandoning their daughter when she refuses.
Moreover, Momodu alleges that Davido evicted her and their daughter from his Atlanta residence in 2017, forcing them to stick with a pal.
Momodu argues that she has been solely answerable for their daughter’s well-being and housing, whereas Davido has not been constantly concerned of their daughter’s life.
Moreover, Momodu disputes Davido’s assertion that he has constantly paid faculty charges, claiming that he defaulted in 2021 and 2022, together with his father stepping in to cowl the charges in 2023.
Momodu additionally maintains that she has by no means prevented Davido from seeing their daughter, however somewhat he has chosen to be an absent mother or father.
She additional alleges that Davido’s visits are sometimes at inconvenient instances and that he exploits their daughter for publicity functions.
The courtroom listening to was held on Friday, with Momodu’s authorized staff, led by Chief (Dr) Anthony Idigbe (SAN), drawing consideration to the publication of a listening to discover in a nationwide newspaper, which talked about their daughter’s identify 4 instances.
The choose agreed that the kid’s identify shouldn’t be talked about, and referred the case to the Various Dispute Decision part for attainable settlement.
Momodu’s authorized staff additionally referenced the Baby’s Rights Regulation of Lagos State 2015, which prohibits the publication of a kid’s identify in a matter earlier than the courtroom.
The staff argued that the publication of the go well with in a nationwide newspaper has uncovered their daughter to hazard, and that further safety measures shall be obligatory to make sure her security.
Davido responded on Instagram, stating that each one he desires is joint parenting, and expressing displeasure at Momodu’s references to the loss of life of his son, who handed away in 2022.
He additionally clarified that joint custody would enable each dad and mom entry to their daughter, whereas sole custody would grant just one mother or father entry.
(Supply: Punch Information)