1st November, 2022
At least nine domestic staff in Davido’s house, including Ifeanyi’s nanny and cook, have been picked for questioning by the police in connection with his sudden death.
Ifeanyi, the three-year-old son of popular Nigerian singer, David Adeleke aka Davido, and his fiancee, Chioma Rowland, drowned on Monday, inside the family’s swimming pool in Banana Island, Lagos.
According to reports, Ifeanyi was left with his minders at home as both parents had to attend an event. Unfortunately, the little boy drowned.
A source who spoke with Instablog9ja said; “About nine people have been arrested for negligence, including his nanny and their cook. Chioma is broken. David is in tears. They are both at his dad’s house in Lekki and nobody from
30BG is allowed there. His 30th birthday plans have been put on hold. The real story is cr@zy. How the kid opened a huge thick door and got outside, nobody knows. The arrested people are criminally negligent.”
Another Nigerian newspaper, the Daily Post, reported that the Lagos Police command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the arrest on Tuesday morning.
He was quoted as saying “Domestic staff at Davido’s home have been taken to the station to give their own account of what happened. wouldn’t call that arrest yet.
“If after they all give their own account of what happened and after preliminary investigations, if anyone of them is found culpable, the person will now be placed under arrest”.