ABUJA, Nigeria –
The 3-year-old son of Nigerian music star Davido has died at his house in an obvious drowning, police stated Tuesday.
The singer, whose actual identify is David Adeleke, was not on the house on the time of Ifeanyi’s dying Monday evening. The kid’s mom, Chioma Rowland, was additionally away, based on Lagos police spokesman Ben Hundeyin.
Authorities are interviewing eight of the pop star’s staff who had been on the Lagos residence, he added.
Neither mother or father has spoken publicly about their son’s dying, simply two weeks after Ifeanyi’s third birthday.
The world award-winning musician received engaged to Rowland, a preferred chef, in 2019. The couple had stated not too long ago that they plan to wed subsequent yr.
Lagos Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu mourned Ifeanyi’s dying, tweeting that “dying leaves a heartache no phrases can heal.”
Peter Obi, one of many main contenders in Nigeria’s presidential election subsequent yr stated he can not “start to think about the pains” each dad and mom are going by.
“No dad and mom deserve what they’re going by proper now,” Nigerian pop star Peter Okoye stated of Davido and Rowland in an Instagram submit.