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LAGOS. — It has been a long adventure, with a lot of setbacks, but yesterday pop star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, and his partner, Chioma Rowland, walked down the aisle in a blaze of glory.
This is a follow-up to their traditional wedding, which took place in 2023.
The pop star’s wedding comes up amid his legal tussle with his baby mama, Sophia Momodu, over the custody of their nine-year-old daughter, Imade.
Chioma revealed that Davido lured her out of the house by telling her that they were going for a dinner date but it turned out to be her bridal shower.
“Let me tell you a story. I know this is an event centre and David said we were going to eat.
“He was trying to get the exact location and when we got outside, he asked somebody something and I said, ‘This is not a restaurant. I’m hungry, I want to eat.’ Then I saw balloons, I just started screaming,”she enthused.
Davido and Chioma met in 2013, as students of the Babcock University.
While the singer pursued a degree in music, his wife was a student of Economics.
At first, they were just friends until 2015, when they started playing hide-and-seek game.
But they couldn’t be called lovers, until 2017, after the pop star officially unveiled Chioma to the world as his girlfriend.
Proving his love for his partner, Davido didn’t only write a song for her but he also convinced Chioma to star in his music video titled “Assurance.”
The relationship was flourishing and Chioma, who happens to be Davido’s third baby mama, was blessed with a son, on October 20, 2019, Ifeanyi Adeleke.
Unfortunately, the child drowned in a swimming pool at his father’s residence in the Banana Island area of Lagos, leaving Davido and his partner heartbroken.
It would also be recalled that the “If” singer had initially proposed to her.
The wedding was set to take place in July 2020, but was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic that was ravaging the world then.
In February 2021, it was reported that the lovebirds had split up.
The reported breakup was spurred by loved-up photos of Davido and Instagram model Yafai on holiday in the Caribbean.
This was followed by a series of loved-up photos of the two that broke the internet in March 2021.
Besides, there were rumours of Davido having a fourth baby mama, leading to the lovebirds unfollowing each other on Instagram.
The development heightened fears that all was not well with Davido and Chioma.
Before their critics could blink their eyes, the lovebirds found each other again and were not only able to reconcile their differences but also rekindle their love.
The internet was agog, after a video of Chioma attending Davido’s concert started trending online.
The lovebirds left the venue together.
Davido gifted Chioma a new Mercedes G-wagon. — Vanguard.
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter