In the ongoing child custody battle, Sophia Momodu opens cans of worms against her child’s father, Davido as she submits a 100-paragraph counter-affidavit.
This document, filled with shocking allegations, exposes a tumultuous relationship and the dark side of celebrity parenthood and has been filed in the High Court of Lagos.
Momodu claims that Davido used their daughter, Imade, as leverage to maintain a sexual relationship with her, withdrawing fatherly duties and financial support whenever she tried to end their affair.
She accused Davido of being an “absentee father” who prioritizes his career and wild lifestyle over his daughter’s well-being. Sophia Momodu cites alleged periods of abandonment, including a two-year span where he reportedly had no contact with Imade.
The document also reveals a startling allegation that Davido’s family attempted to kidnap Imade when she was just three months old, intending to take her out of the country without Momodu’s consent.
The mother of one further criticized Davido’s lifestyle, calling him a “world-acclaimed womanizer” and claiming that his home is an unsafe environment for a young girl while referencing the tragic death of Davido’s son in 2022 as evidence.
Financial disputes are a key feature of the affidavit, with Momodu asserting that she has been left to cover most of Imade’s expenses, including school fees and accommodation costs, despite previous agreements with Davido.
The custody battle has become public, with Momodu accusing Davido of using the court case as a publicity stunt by publishing details in a national newspaper. She argues that this has exposed Imade to danger and unnecessary public attention.
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Sophia Momodu on why Davido should not have joint custody of their daughter
The counter affidavit reads in part;
“The Applicant is an artist who always travels around the world as mandated by his career and cannot possibly be with our daughter at crucial times.“The Applicant is married to another woman, and they live together. The proper upbringing of our daughter by another cannot be guaranteed.
“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.”
“That I know as a fact that the Applicant is not fit to be granted custody of our daughter because he is not available and does not possess the ability to dutifully care for her.”
“She explained that her relationship with the Applicant begun in 2014 which led to the birth of their daughter in the year 2015, “that we broke up in the year 2017 and sometimes in 2020 we made up and the relationship was finally ended in 2022”.
“According to her, throughout the checkered history of their relationship, she had always attempted to break up with the Applicant as “I was tired of his lies and unfaithfulness, but he always used the withdrawal of his fatherly duties and maintenance for our daughter as a pawn to force me to resume the sexual relationship with him.”
