- The viral video purportedly showing Ifeanyi Adeleke, son of Davido, as he drowned in a swimming pool has been described by Lagos police as “fake”
- Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos police spokesman, said the security agency has not started looking at the content of the CCTV that was collected from Davido’s house
- A fact-check by the BBC Disinformation Unit also confirmed that the video was that of a child who drowned in a children’s swimming pool in China in 2019
Lagos, Nigeria – The trending video of a kid who drowned inside children swimming pool was not the son of Nigerian music star Davido, Ifeanyi Adeleke, the police have said.
The video has gone viral on social media, with many misrepresenting the victim to be Ifeanyi Adeleke, whose death is currently being investigated by the police.
