Davido And Sophia’s ‘Custody’ War Gets Messier As Lawyers Issue Firm Warning

<h4>Davido And Sophia&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;Custody&&num;8217&semi; War Gets Messier As Lawyers Issue Firm Warning<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the law firm representing Sophia Momodu has broken its silence following what it described as aggressive social media attacks from Davido amid the ongoing custody battle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement published on their official Instagram page&comma; Punuka Attorneys &amp&semi; Solicitors addressed inflammatory online comments reportedly targeting their partner&comma; Mrs&period; Ebelechukwu Egeonu Enedah&comma; who is handling Sophia Momodu’s legal matters in Lagos State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The firm stressed that the case is sub judice&comma; meaning it is actively before the court&comma; and any outcome will be determined strictly on evidence and law&comma; not media commentary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The law firm made it clear that it will not tolerate intimidation or harassment of legal practitioners in the course of their professional duties&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The statement emphasized that fearless advocacy is vital for justice&comma; and any attempt to interfere with judicial proceedings will be resisted through all lawful means&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here is the full press release from the firm&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;WE STAND RESOLUTE IN THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Our attention has been drawn to all manner of inflammatory public statements chiefly engineered by a Nigerian Afrobeats artiste&comma; via social media directed at our Partner&comma; Mrs Ebelechukwu Egeonu Enedah arising from her professional conduct in a custody matter presently pending before a court of competent jurisdiction in Lagos State&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>That matter is sub judice&period; It will be decided by the court alone&comma; on evidence and law&comma; and no amount of media commentary will sway that process or our approach to the case&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong> In keeping with the highest professional conduct&comma; no statements on the substance of the case will be issued by us&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>However&comma; if legal practitioners are to be threatened&comma; intimidated&comma; or exposed to harassment outside the courtroom for asking questions&comma; testing evidence&comma; or discharging their professional duty to their clients&comma; then the very foundation of justice is imperiled&period; The administration of justice depends upon fearless advocacy&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>When counsel is forced to weigh personal safety against professional duty&comma; the rule of law itself is weakened&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>It will not begin with us&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Punuka Attorneys &amp&semi; Solicitors will deploy every lawful measure available to it to resist any attempt to intimidate counsel or interfere with judicial proceedings&period; Those who engage in conduct calculated to interfere with the administration of justice will be met with the full consequences provided by law&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>We call upon the Nigerian Bar Association and lawyers globally to rise up in one voice to condemn this aberration and gross violation of our profession&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Signed<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Management and Board of Partners&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The statement serves both as a defense of their partner&comma; Mrs&period; Ebelechukwu Egeonu Enedah&comma; and a broader reminder that the administration of justice relies on fearless advocacy&comma; independent of external pressure&period; Legal observers note that the firm’s measured yet firm response highlights the professional standards expected in high-profile cases while protecting the integrity of the judicial process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Punuka Attorneys’ action signals that any attempts to threaten or intimidate counsel will be met with full legal recourse&comma; reinforcing the principle that the law must guide custody proceedings&comma; not public commentary or social media narratives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;