The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered a
probe into the allegations of
rape levelled against Music Icon, Oladapo
Oyebanjo aka D’Banj.
This is
contained in a letter with reference number CB.7000/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOl.484/801
signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the IG, DCP Idowu Owohunwa.
The letter was
addressed to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Criminal
Investigation Department, Area 10, Garki, Abuja.
The IG’s letter
was in response to a petition written to the IG by Mr. Tommy Ojoge-Daniel, a
lawyer to Miss Seyitan Babatayo, who accused D’Banj of raping her in 2018.
The letter
written by the IG is titled, ‘Re: Petition Against (1) Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo
(Aka D’Banj) for Rape Indecent Sexual Assault, Attempted Assault on Miss
Seyitan Temidayo
The letter read
in part, “I forward herewith copy of letter dated June 5, 2020 received from
Ojoge, Omileye and Partners on the above underlined subject. I am to
respectfully convey the directive of the Inspector-General of Police that you
treat.
“Accept the
assurances of my esteemed regards please.”
In a series of
tweets, Seyitan had accused Dbanj of raping her at Glee hotel in Victoria Island,
Lagos, in 2018. Recounting the incident via her twitter handle, @seyitannn_,
she said that he raped her in her room. She ended her tweets by demanding an
apology.
The musician,
however, denied the allegations levelled against him and asked his accuser to
make a public apology and also pay him the sum of N100m in damages.
On Tuesday,
however, some policemen allegedly acting on the instruction of the Oliver Twist
crooner detained Seyitan for over 24 hours and intimidated her, making her
delete all chats, social media posts and other vital information from her
phone.
The incident
has sparked an outrage on social media with D’Banj trending on social media for
the last two days.
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