The cook and nanny of singer David Adeleke, populalry known as Davido, have been detained by the police following the death of Ifeanyi Adeleke, the singer’s son.
Daily Report Nigeria recalls that eight domestic staff working as minders to the late Ifeanyi were invited for questioning after the 3-year-old drowned on Monday.
However, six out of the invited domestic staff were released as the police detained two.
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The police also revealed plans to call for an autopsy to determine the real cause of the boy’s death.
The autopsy set to be conducted is aimed at determining whether Ifeany died as a result of drowning in a swimming pool at Davido’s residence in the Banana Island area of Lagos State.
Though, it is the police’s standard procedure to conduct an autopsy on such a matter, it will desist from planned action should the family of the boy be against it.
The source said.
“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.”
Also speaking on the matter, the Lagos state police command, spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the continued detention of Davido’s two domestic staff.
Hundeyin said:
“I spoke with the DPO and he said the nanny and the cook have been detained. Other domestic workers brought in for questioning were released.”
Reacting to the matter, the source said:
“It was the work of the nanny to take care of the child (Ifeanyi); the nanny was negligent or how could the boy have left the house without her knowledge?
“The boy left the house, walked to the back where the swimming pool is situated and fell into the swimming pool. Nobody noticed until much later. At that point in time, he had drowned and was at the bottom of the swimming pool.”
On efforts to revive Ifeanyi after the drowning incident, the police source said Ifeanyi was brought out of the poll and rushed to lagoon Hospital where the doctors tried unsuccessfully to revive him.
He added that they left Lagoon Hospital before being rushed to Evercare Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The source said:
“They have deposited his corpse in the mortuary for an autopsy to reveal the cause of death. All the domestic workers at home when the incident happened have been questioned by the police but only the nanny and cook were detained.”
