The father of the Malawi boy visited him every week in the orphage. Now, he has this to say:

Father of Madonna boy not aware of adoption

The father of the Malawian boy that singer Madonna took to the UK under a temporary custody order has said that he never intended for his son to be adopted, only raised on his behalf.

Yohane Banda told news agency Reuters that Madonna had asked to raise the 13-month-old boy on behalf of him.

"Had they told us that Madonna wanted to adopt my son and make him her own son, we would not have agreed to that," Banda said.

"It would have been better for him to continue staying at the orphanage because I see no reason why my child should be given away forever when I can feed him," he said.

"I cannot read and write so I relied on what the (government) officials told me that the papers said Madonna would look after the child the way the orphanage planned to educate him and then he comes back to me."

When asked if he had signed any agreements with the singer, Banda said: "I am still waiting to get my copies."

Explaining his decision to send baby David to an orphanage after his mother's death, he said: "We sent this child to an orphanage because at one month we could not look after him, we did not have a health centre nearby and the orphanage was the ideal place for him."

Banda said that he would wait until the papers, which are currently with government officials, were sent to him before deciding what action to take, after consulting family members.

Shambles, I do NOT argue as an anonymous guest. If you ever truly read my postings about anon. guests, you'd know that. But, that wouldn't serve your egenda, would it?