Music
star, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido and his sister, Miss Ashely Coco
Adeleke have been accused of child abduction.
According
to a petition addressed to the Director General National Agency for the
Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and seen by Naij.com, Davido is accused
of “attempted child trafficking and abduction of Miss Aurora Imade Adeleke”.
A copy of the petition has also been sent to the President, Vice President, Lagos State Governor, the Inspector General of police, the director general of the DSS and the managing director of FAAN.
The petitioner, Miss. Sophia Ajibola Momodu claimed she was tricked to visit the house of Mr. David Adedeji Adeleke’s half sister – Miss Ashley Coco Adeleke’s with her baby, Imade Aurora
Adeleke on July 11, 2015.
“After
getting to the house on Baderinwa Alabi Street, Lekki Phase I, Lagos, our client’s
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 our client’s
survival instinct prevailed on her to make her leave her breast suckling baby
behind, with so much pain in her heart,” the petition reads in part.
Yesterday,
Tuesday, 29 December, Ashley Coco Adeleke and her father, Mr Deji Adeleke
reportedly tried to travel to Dubai with the baby but was stopped by Mrs.
Modupe Mofikoya, an immigration officer who attended to the Adeleke travelling
party.
Ms Sophia
said with the help of her family members, including Mr Dele Momodu, she
determinedly resisted the attempt by Miss Ashley Coco Adeleke and her father,
Mr Deji Adeleke, from taking her baby Aurora Imade Adeleke away from Lagos
yesterday.
“Our
client believes that the pair are trying to take the child to America and thus
put her out of the reach of the biological mother. At the moment, Miss Ashley
Coco Adeleke and our client’s daughter, Aurora Imade Adeleke are still in Lagos
and two of their respective international passports are in the custody of the
airport immigration services.
Our
client’s fear now, is that Ashley Coco may use her Nigerian passport and Aurora
Imade’s American passport to travel through other Nigerian or West African
airports,” the petition added.
However,
speaking with Naij's reporter, Kamal Ajiboye, Davido’s manager, denied the
allegations raised in the petition.
“The baby
was taken away from her due to induced drugs found in her (baby) system which
she obviously got through the mother’s breast. David’s family is only helping
her and the baby,” he said over the phone.
“David’s
family prevented him (David) from reporting her to the NDLEA and as we speak,
the baby was recently treated in Dubai. The baby cannot even breathe
properly.
The
family has done everything to take care of the mother and child. We rented an
apartment for her and she gets three hundred thousand naira monthly as upkeep.
What else will the family do? To be honest, no sane family will take a child
away from the mother for no reason,” Kamal explained.
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