Popular Nigerian music star, Davido and his fiancée Chioma Rowland have just lost their child, Ifeanyi Adeleke. According to Peoples Gazette.
According to a family source who informed Peoples Gazette about the development, Ifeanyi Adeleke got drowned a few days after his third birthday which was on October 20. He was conformed dead this evening at Lagoon hospital, Lagos.
Prior to Ifeanyi’s death, Davido earlier today was spotted teaching him how to swim.
In videos making the rounds on social media, the Electricity crooner was seen inside the big pool in his mansion with Ifeanyi.
Davido carried the three-year-old boy and made him flap his legs in the water as he gave him instructions on what to do.
The music star carried Ifeanyi around in the pool as the energetic boy continued to flap his legs.
Davido who was obviously impressed by his son’s performance was heard commenting on how he was a fast learner.
Before his rather sad and shocking death, Ifeanyi’s parents; Chioma and Davido had celebrated his third birthday in grand style.
Davido and Chioma’s loss is coming years after Nigerian singer Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj and wife Lineo Didi lost their first child after a drowning incident in 2018.
Daniel Oyebanjo III who was barely one year died after he drowned in a swimming pool at Dbanj’s residence in ikoyi, Lagos state.
Confirming the death of his son, the popular Nigerian Singer and entertainer posted a black photo on his Instagram account with the caption; “Trying Times. But my God is Always and Forever Faithful”.
The development comes two years after another artist Dapo Oyebanjo, D’banj, lost his son, who similarly drown in the family swimming pool.
This is a developing story, check back for more.
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