Autopsy report confirms Davido’s son, Ifeanyi drowned – Police
The Police Command in Lagos State on Saturday said that the autopsy carried out on the Ifeanyi Adeleke, the late son of the popular Nigerian singer, David Adeleke aka Davido and his fiancée, Chioma Rowland, showed that the small boy died as a result of drowning.
The spokesperson of the Police in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin, while confirming the development to newsmen said, “Autopsy has been concluded. It confirms the boy (Ifeanyi) drowned.”
The Police Command in Lagos State has kept in detention two of the eight domestic workers of the popular Nigerian singer David Adeleke professionally known as Davido.
The Informant247 had earlier reported that the Lagos State police command has said that eight domestic staff of the popular Nigerian singer, David Adedeji, professionally known as Davido, are currently being questioned at the station over the reported death of his son, Ifeanyi Adeleke.
The two domestic staffers currently in detention are Ifeanyi’s cook and nanny as police commence plan on autopsy.
The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State police, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, revealed that the nanny and cook, who has got the duty of catering for the welfare of the victim, have been kept in detention after intense interrogation.
The Informant247 learnt that Ifeanyi, reportedly drowned in a swimming pool situated in the home of the singer at Banana Island on Monday.
The boy reportedly died three days after marking his 3rd birthday anniversary.
The boy was reportedly hospitalized to Evercare Hospital in Lekki where he was confirmed dead on arrival.
Davido and his fiancee were reported to have traveled for a family event in Ibadan on Monday.
Report has it that the nanny has the responsibility of taking care of the toddler when the cook joined them. The nanny was reported to have left the scene to receive a call, keeping him in care of the cook, who also equally revealed that he had left the three-year-old boy in care of the nanny.
A source revealed that: “Though the family members are not saying anything yet because they are still in shock but until anybody says stop, the standard procedure is to conduct an autopsy and we are going to follow that procedure just like in any case of death,” the source said.
The source further explained that out of the eight domestic staffers subjected to the interrogation of the police on the death of Ifeanyi, the cook and the nanny, whose assignments were was to take care of the three-year-old boy, had been kept in detention for negligence.
The cook and the nanny were still in detention of the police as of the time of producing this report.
