Paternity Dispute: Davido’s Father, Speaks Out On Son’s DNA Tests

Dr. Deji Adeleke, father of Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has spoken out on the vexed paternity disputes and DNA tests involving his son.

He spoke his mind during an interaction with journalists in Lagos, stating that the outcome of the DNA tests on the mega star over the girl, Aanu, have proven that she is not Davido’s child.

Also knocking off the idea that responsibility may be the reason for denying paternity over the girl, Dr Adeleke stated:

“I have 14 grandchildren, so what will one more do?

“Is it that I will not be able to afford to do things for her or bring her into my family?

“I want more grandchildren, but there is science — DNA.

“If you say you are my granddaughter and science has proven that you are my granddaughter, I would gladly accept you”, he stated.

Providing further background to the controversy, he said it was it was in 2014 that a lawyer from Ibadan, sent a letter to him,  in which he claimed alleging that Davido had impregnated a woman, Ayo Labinjoh, and he had abandoned the child.

He said the birth certificate of the child plus picture of the child, Davido, and the mother were included.

“Immediately I saw this letter, even before calling David, I called this woman and said, ‘Look, I’m not speaking to my son yet, but I’m going to speak to him.

“But I’ll suggest to you to give me your address in Ibadan.

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“I’ll send my driver to come and know where you live, but I can assure you that if this girl is my granddaughter, you have no problems with me; I’ll welcome her into my family happily.’ She was happy. She gave me her address, and I gave the address to my driver.”

According to Davido’s father, of the three DNA tests conducted for Davido, two came out negative, while the third sample was declared contaminated and spoiled.

He said to be sure, that for Davido’s cousin, Adebayo Adeleke, known as B-Red, two tests were also conducted for him, which also proved negative.

“And I called her, gave her the information that anytime they were ready, I would send my driver to pick them up from Ibadan.

“So, on the appointed day, I sent my driver to Ibadan. Very early, my driver brought the mother of the child, the grandmother, and the baby. The three of them came.

“And because my driver knows Vedic Hospital, they were already there before I came in with David, because I asked David to come here, and his aide, Lati. So David, I, and Lati met them at Vedic Hospital. We went upstairs where the samples were taken.”

“So we were all in the same room, and he (the doctor) told us the procedure.

“It was not blood. I’ve read on social media that they were drawing blood. It’s not. It was not done by blood. It was from their saliva in their mouth.

“And he told us that these samples would be sent to South Africa for analysis. The grandmother of the baby and I signed that both of us would be the ones to receive the result.”

“When the result came, there was 0.00 possibility that Davido was the girl’s father”.

That would have seemed to settle the matter, but according to Adeleke, he still picked some responsibility for the girl, taking care of her education, and that of her mother.