{"id":373225,"date":"2026-01-16T12:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/373225\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:10:12","slug":"davido-denies-paternity-claim-of-alleged-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/373225\/","title":{"rendered":"Davido denies paternity claim of alleged daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Davido-denies-paternity-claim-of-alleged-daughter-2017499?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/65826983.295.jpg\" alt=\"Davido is a Nigerian Afrobeat musician\" title=\"Davido is a Nigerian Afrobeat musician\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <\/a>Davido is a Nigerian Afrobeat musician<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Afrobeats star David Adeleke, widely known as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=1661\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=1661\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Davido<\/a>, has refuted allegations suggesting he is the father of a teenage girl who recently demanded a DNA test to confirm her paternity.<\/p>\n<p>The singer clarified that he has never been involved in any personal relationship with the girl\u2019s mother, adding that his first and only interaction with them occurred during the DNA testing exercise.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=1661\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=1661\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Davido<\/a> revealed that a total of five DNA tests were carried out across different medical centres.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that he personally selected three of the hospitals, while the remaining two were chosen by the girl and her mother.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, all the test results unanimously showed that he is not the child\u2019s biological father.<\/p>\n<p>He described the entire episode as emotionally taxing and accused the girl\u2019s mother of inappropriate conduct, while emphasising that he does not blame the teenager for the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the last time I will speak on this matter,\u201d the singer said, insisting that the issue should be considered settled based on the medical findings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Davido is a Nigerian Afrobeat musician Afrobeats star David Adeleke, widely known as Davido, has refuted allegations suggesting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-373225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}