Sophia Momodu has put the old shame on the record. Speaking at a side event tied to the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, the entrepreneur and mother of Davido’s first child said she was mocked as a pastor’s daughter who got pregnant outside marriage by a global superstar.
She shared the remarks in a video posted to her Instagram Story on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
“This is my life story. I am a pastor’s daughter who got pregnant out of wedlock by a global superstar. And I was mocked. It was crazy. And I had to find my strength in the midst of all of that.”
Fame, she said, did not give her a voice. It gave her a target.
“And for the longest time, I didn’t have a voice. I was famous, I was popular, but I didn’t have a voice. It kept getting drowned out by whatever negativity was around that story. If you’re Nigerian and you’re here, you know that it’s almost a taboo to be a pastor’s daughter and have a child out of wedlock.”
Momodu and David Adeleke, known as Davido, never married. Their daughter, Imade Adeleke, was born on May 14, 2015. DNA testing later confirmed paternity. The relationship ended in 2022 after years of on-and-off public drama, court filings and co-parenting fights that often swallowed her name.
Even family tried to close her mouth.
“And then, an aunt called me one day and said a friend of hers had called her to talk to me to please keep quiet, because this is not a topic that we are allowed to talk about as Black women.”
She refused. Credit, she said, goes in part to another woman on the circuit, Stephanie, whose story gave her a platform.
“I felt like that put fire in my… I just kept going.”
After telling the same story in South Africa and on radio, strangers walked up with the same confession.
“There were so many women that came to me and said, ‘Listen, it happened to me too.’”
That is the turn she wants remembered. The Precious Jewels Foundation founder, fashion entrepreneur and former Real Housewives of Lagos face has spent years being introduced as Davido’s first babymama. In New York she introduced herself as a pastor’s daughter who survived the mockery and will not retire the testimony.
“I don’t think I would ever stop telling my story.”
The taboo she described is still alive in the replies. Some listeners heard advocacy. Others heard a woman who should “get a husband” and leave the singer’s name alone.