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The mother of Anu, the 12-year-old girl at the centre of a long-running paternity dispute involving Afrobeats star Davido, has accused the Adeleke family of intimidation, manipulation and abuse of influence, while rejecting claims that further DNA tests were carried out in 2020.In a strongly worded statement released late Wednesday, she expressed shock that her sister, Titilayo Labinjoh, had allegedly been in contact with Davido’s father, Dr. Adedeji Adeleke, since the COVID-19 period.According to her, Titilayo recently called their mother from Abuja, expressing fear over the renewed media attention surrounding the case and complaints from colleagues at her workplace, a situation she said was unfair to Anu, who bears the brunt of the controversy.She also voiced distress over su...

Dr. Adedeji Adeleke has broken his silence on the renewed paternity claims involving Afrobeats star Davido, insisting that multiple DNA tests have conclusively shown a 0.00% probability that the singer is the child’s father.The controversy resurfaced after a teenage girl, Anu, made a fresh social media appeal urging Davido to undergo another DNA test. Davido rejected the request, stating he had already taken five DNA tests over the years—three arranged by him and two by the other party—all of which returned negative results.Providing further details, Dr. Adeleke explained that the matter dates back to 2014, when he received a formal allegation that Davido had impregnated a woman. He said he immediately initiated a DNA test involving Davido, his cousin B-Red, and the child at a repu...