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Controversial rapper, Darlington Okoye aka Speed Darlington, has been granted bail by the Nigeria Police Force.
This was disclosed by his counsel, Stanley Alieke via Instagram on Monday.
“Apki has been granted bail by the court,” he wrote.
Darlington popularly known as Akpi was arrested on November 27 while performing at a show in Owerri, Imo State.
His arrest was connected to abuses on Grammy award winner, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy.
A member of his legal team, Deji Adeyanju, had confirmed that Burna Boy was responsible Akpi’s arrest.
He had accused Burna Boy of having amoral relationship with embattled United States rapper, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, who is facing multiple charges for sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
Earlier, Adeyanju had demanded that the singer should be arraigned within 48 hours or be released on bail.
“Our FREP application for Speed Darlington a.k.a has been granted by the court. He is to be arraigned within 48 hours or released. Issues around injustice may take time but justice will always prevail,” he wrote.
The Eastern Updates had reported that Adeyanju had also disclosed that the rapper was arrested in Lagos and transferred to the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
Speaking in a series of posts on his X handle on Tuesday, the lawyer who did not give details, claimed that the arrest was based on a formal complaint from singer Burna Boy.
He wrote, “We just spent the last 30mins with Speed Darlington and he narrated how he was arrested in Lagos on Friday last week, moved around and eventually brought to Abuja. The petition against him was written by Burna Boy we can confirm.”
The development comes a few hours after Speed Darlington’s mother accused Burna Boy and his team of being responsible for her son’s disappearance.
Darlington had earlier in a video on social media questioned the authenticity of Burna Boy’s Grammy award. Linking Burna Boy with the embattled American singer Diddy.
