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Nigeria: How Police Arrested, Detained Missing Singer Over Burna Boy’s Petition

todayOctober 9, 2024 2

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A singer and social media influencer, Darlington Okoye well known as Speed Darlington is reportedly being detained by the police in Abuja, days after he was declared missing.

This was revealed on Tuesday by a human rights activist and lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, in a post on his X handle.

A social media influencer, Constance Nwogu, had raised the alarm over the disappearance of Speed Darlington.

Adeyanju said Speed Darlington, also known as Akpi, was apprehended in Lagos last Friday following a petition by the ace award-winning artiste, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy, adding that Akpi was moved to Abuja where he had been in detention.

He, however, did not give details of the petition.

“We just spent the last 30mins with Speed Darlington and he narrated how he was arrested in Lagos Friday last week, moved around and eventually brought to Abuja and has been in detention since then. Petition against him was written by Burna Boy, we can confirm,” he wrote.

Meanwhile Speed Darlington’s mother, who identified simply as Miss Queen, has pleaded with Burna Boy to forgive her son.

Miss Queen, in an Instagram video, said she was informed by Akpi’s security details that Burna Boy and his associates visited his home and took him away.

“Good day everyone, good day Nigerians. My name is Mrs. Queen, I am Darlington’s mother. I just got information that my son is missing. Speed Darlington is missing. His gateman called my family and notified my family that there is a video Darlington made and put on the internet about Burna Boy.