IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Tragedy struck as Nigerian music star, Davido and his partner, Chioma Rowland a.k.a Chef Chi, lose their first son, Ifeanyi Adeleke.
According to reports, Ifeanyi got drowned few days after his third birthday which was on October 20.
He died on Monday, 31 October 2022.
Ifeanyi allegedly drowned in the swimming pool in the Banana Island residence of the artiste on Monday evening. He was said to be under water for a very long time before being spotted.
He was rushed to Evercare Hospital, but was confirmed dead on arrival.
Davido and Chioma had traveled to Ibadan yesterday to attend a family gathering and had left Ifeanyi with his minders.
It was gathered that some of the people at Davido’s House when the incident happened have been arrested.
A distraught and inconsolable Davido was removed from Evercare Hospital and taken to his father’s house where he remained as at press time.
A viral video had earlier shown Davido teaching his son how how to swim inside the big pool in his mansion.
Teaching his son some swimming skills, he carried the three-year-old boy and made him flap his legs in the water while he gave him instructions on what to do.
The singer later carried his son around in the pool as the boy continued to flap his legs.
It would be recalled that a similar fate befell popular Afrobeats artiste, Dbanj whose son also drowned in a swimming pool.
Daniel Oyebanjo III, who turned one in May 2018, reportedly died in a swimming pool at the singer’s Lagos home.
D’banj then 38-year-old, was not in the country when the incident occurred. He was attending the BET awards in Los Angeles.