{"id":1240942,"date":"2022-11-01T16:22:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T16:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/01\/how-davidos-mum-rescued-my-son-from-swimming-pool-25-years-ago-oba-abolarin-spills\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T16:22:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T16:22:31","slug":"how-davidos-mum-rescued-my-son-from-swimming-pool-25-years-ago-oba-abolarin-spills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/01\/how-davidos-mum-rescued-my-son-from-swimming-pool-25-years-ago-oba-abolarin-spills\/","title":{"rendered":"How Davido\u2019s mum rescued my son from swimming pool 25 years ago \u2014 Oba Abolarin spills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Oba Abolarin Adedokun, the Orangun of Oke-lla, in Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun state, has penned a touching tribute in honor of late Davido\u2019s son, Ifeanyi who drowned in a pool on Monday, October 31st, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In his tribute, the royal father, Oba Abolarin recounted how singer Davido\u2019s mum, Veronica rescued his own son from a swimming pool 25 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo sad, it was Davido\u2019s mummy, late Dr. Mrs. Veronica Adeleke that rescued my own son inside the swimming pool, some twenty-five years ago. I am sad. What Veronica did for my son years back, nobody, I mean nobody to play that same role for Veronica\u2019s grandson, Ifeanyi!\u201d Oba Abolarin revealed.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded by saying \u201cWho are we to query God, may his soul rest in peace and may Veronica\u2019s soul continue to rest in peace, fantastic woman!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"779\" height=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-01-14.38.12.png\" alt=\"Davido\u2019s mum rescued my  son from swimming pool 25 years ago \u2014 Oba Abolarin spills\"\/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nigerian entertainers have sent condolences to Afro-pop star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, and partner, Chioma Rowland over the death of their son Ifeanyi.<\/p>\n<p>Kemi Filani reports that Ifeanyi drowned in a pool at Davido\u2019s house in Banana Island, Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster was reportedly rushed to a nearby hospital after the incident, where he was confirmed dead.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-nigerian-entertainers-mourn-davido-s-son\">Nigerian entertainers mourn Davido\u2019s son<\/h2>\n<p>Taking to their social media accounts, some of the celebrities expressed grief and condoled with the Adeleke family.<\/p>\n<p>Singer Paul Play Dairo wrote: \u201cI\u2019m really lost for words. This is really painful. Take heart, David.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CkZU_3SI6Ud\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"\/>\n<p>Actor Williams Uchemba wrote on Instagram: \u201cI said I won\u2019t believe anything on social media until I personally confirm myself. I prayed for it to be a lie. I am upset, pained and confused. Nobody deserves to feel this pain. \u201cPlease say a prayer for David, Chioma and the entire family. Nobody deserves this kind of pain. Rest up little one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian actor Muyiwa Ademola wrote: \u201cIt is one of the saddest things when kids are being buried by parents. We really wish it never happened! May The Almighty gives the parents and the entire Adeleke family the strength to bear this loss.<\/p>\n<p>Actress Iyabo Ojo, posted: \u201c<em>I don\u2019t even know how to react to this rude shock. I was hoping it wasn\u2019t true. My God!!! This is so shocking, sad, devastating and extremely painful Olorun!!! Ikun le abiamo<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oba Abolarin Adedokun, the Orangun of Oke-lla, in Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun state, has penned a touching tribute in honor of late Davido\u2019s son, Ifeanyi who drowned in a pool on Monday, October 31st, 2022. In his tribute, the royal father, Oba Abolarin recounted how singer Davido\u2019s mum, Veronica rescued his own son [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1240944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1240942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nollywood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1240942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1240942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1240942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1240942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}