13-Year-Old Anu Adeleke Asks Davido for Definitive DNA Test

A 13-year-old girl has made a deeply personal appeal to one of Nigeria’s most prominent musicians, asking for a DNA test to resolve a paternity dispute that has followed her for most of her life.

In an emotional message posted on Instagram on Thursday, Anu Adeleke, who is also identified in some reports as Anuoluwapo or Mitchelle Anu Adeleke, called on the Nigerian superstar David Adeleke, known globally as Davido, to submit to a DNA test to determine whether he is her biological father. The post, written in a restrained but plaintive tone, described years of bullying, isolation, and emotional strain caused by the uncertainty surrounding her identity.

“I was bullied in school since I was six years old and cried at home daily,” Anu wrote. “Other students laughed at me when I told them my father was Mr. David Adeleke.”

Now entering her teenage years, she said, she wanted clarity, not for public attention but for personal peace of mind. “This test is between my dad and me. It is something I want,” she wrote, adding that she was “respectfully asking Mr. David Adeleke Singer @davido for a DNA test to establish my identity.”

Anu’s mother, Ayo Grace Labinjo, also known as Ayotomide or Ayo Labinjoh, has for years maintained that Davido is her daughter’s father, following what she has described as a brief encounter more than a decade ago. The claims first surfaced publicly between 2014 and 2018 and gained wider attention in 2018, when Anu was introduced to the media at a press conference that Davido did not attend. His camp at the time dismissed the allegation, citing the circumstances surrounding the claim.

Since then, the issue has periodically resurfaced, most recently in 2023 and again in 2025, amid renewed public scrutiny of the singer’s personal life. Davido, now 33, has consistently denied being Anu’s father.

He publicly acknowledges six children, three daughters and three sons, although one son tragically died in 2022. His eldest confirmed daughter, Imade Aurora Adeleke, was born in May 2015 from his relationship with the businesswoman Sophia Momodu.

In January 2025, Davido’s former lawyer, Prince Bobo Ajudua, said that two DNA tests had already been conducted at reputable medical facilities, including one chosen by Anu’s family at the suggestion of Davido’s father, the billionaire businessman Dr. Deji Adeleke. According to Mr. Ajudua, both tests concluded that Davido was not Anu’s biological father. He described the continuation of the claims as “extremely unfair” to the Adeleke family and to Anu herself.

Ms. Labinjo has strongly disputed that account. In a statement posted on Anu’s Instagram in 2025, she alleged that only one test was carried out, in what she described as a small clinic rather than two established hospitals. She claimed to have witnessed “money change hands in a brown envelope” between Davido or his associates and the doctor, whom she identified as Wale Sobola, allegedly operating under the name “Dr. Alex.” She accused Mr. Ajudua of spreading false information and said he was not involved at the time the test took place.

Ms. Labinjo has repeatedly called for a new, independent DNA test conducted at a transparent, internationally recognized facility. She has insisted that her motivation is not financial gain or public validation, but certainty for her daughter. She has also pointed to what she says is a physical resemblance between Anu and members of the Adeleke family.

Anu, in her own post, sought to distance herself from the surrounding controversies. She described focusing on her education, noting that she had excelled academically, risen to the top of her class, and served as a class prefect. She said she no longer discussed her family situation at school, choosing instead to keep her struggles private.

Her appeal has reignited a debate that has long divided public opinion in Nigeria. Many social media users expressed sympathy, arguing that every child has a fundamental right to know their biological parentage. Others questioned the repeated use of social media to pursue such a sensitive matter, suggesting that it should be handled privately and through legal or medical channels.

Comments on blogs and social media, ranged from compassion to skepticism. “She has every right to know the truth,” one user wrote. Another asked, “Why make it public when there are private ways to resolve this?” Some pointed to perceived physical similarities between Anu and Davido’s acknowledged daughter, Imade, while others emphasized the Adeleke family’s public image and cultural values that stress responsibility toward children.

As of Thursday evening, January 15, 2026, Davido had not publicly responded to Anu’s latest appeal. The matter remains unresolved, leaving a teenager at the center of a long-running dispute that has become emblematic of the broader tensions surrounding celebrity, privacy, and accountability.

Her request was not framed as an accusation or a demand, but as a plea for certainty. In her words, it was about “establishing my identity” — a fundamental question that, for now, remains unanswered.