28th November, 2024
Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has lamented that his efforts to get singer, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington bailed from the custody of the Nigeria Police Force was unsuccessful.
The singer was rearrested by the police on Tuesday during his show in Owerri, the Imo State capital for allegedly cyberstalking his colleague, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy.
In an update shared on his official Facebook page on Wednesday night, his lawyer, Adeyanju said the police refused to release the singer on bail.
He wrote, “The Nigerian police brought our client Speed Darlington to Abuja from Owerri this evening and I just met him.
“They have refused to release him on bail over defamation of Burna Boy. Burna Boy, the Ojuelegba Fela sings about oppression but oppresses Akpi with the police”.
Darlington was first arrested on 4 October following the release of a controversial video in which he allegedly defamed a fellow musician, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy over his link with the embattled American rapper Diddy.
He was arrested in Lagos and transferred to Abuja before being detained by the IGP’s Intelligence Response Team in the Guzape area of Abuja.
He was then released on bail on 9 October after spending five days in detention.
