Davido’s father, Adedeji Adeleke, says Kemi Olunloyo is crazy and accuses her of impersonating a minor; he’s threatening legal action.
Dr. Adedeji Adeleke, father of Afrobeats star Davido, has broken his silence on the resurfaced DNA controversy involving a young girl identified as Anu, accusing journalist Kemi Olunloyo of impersonating a minor, spreading false claims and illegally controlling social media accounts, while warning that the family is considering legal action.
Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos on Wednesday, Dr. Adeleke explained what happened, who is involved, where the matter stands and why the family decided to respond publicly. He said the recent social media posts pushing the paternity narrative did not come from the child or her mother but were allegedly orchestrated by Olunloyo using fake accounts created in their names.
“The fact that all you see on the social media is not this girl writing it, it’s not the mother of the girl writing it, it’s Kemi Olunloyo. The woman is crazy; what she’s doing is even illegal because she’s impersonating a minor. She’s the one that established the account for the little girl and established the account for the mother of the girl, and then using this account, anytime she wants to start trouble,” he said.
Dr. Adeleke alleged that Olunloyo had been exploiting the situation financially, prompting the child’s family to cut ties with her. “From what the family told me, from what the girl told me, she was using the family, using the little girl to make money. That’s why they stopped talking to her. She’s the one that controls those accounts. It’s not legal,” he added.
He also rejected claims that Olunloyo had a close relationship with Davido’s late mother or played any role in the singer’s birth.
“She claims she was my late wife’s best friend. How can you be my late wife’s best friend, and I don’t know you? I never met you. I know those that are my late wife’s best friends… I never met this Kemi Olunloyo before,” Dr. Adeleke said.
Providing context, the businessman narrated the medical emergency surrounding Davido’s delivery, stressing that his wife was flown from London to the United States before giving birth.
“When the plane landed in America on November 21st, 1992, they took her from that airport straight to the hospital. That was the day David was born. They flushed out her blood because she got the wrong blood, and the doctor said we are lucky because if I had not asked her to leave, the child would have died. She would have died too,” he said, questioning how Olunloyo could claim she drove his wife to the hospital.