The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered that the Music Icon known as Oladapo Oyebanjo aka D’Banj be probed as a result of the rape allegations leveled against him.
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 contained this information.
The letter which was addressed to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Area 10, Garki, Abuja. It was written 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 carries the title, ‘Re: Petition Against (1) Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo (Aka D’Banj) for Rape Indecent Sexual Assault, Attempted Assault on Miss Seyitan Temidayo
A part of the letter reads, “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.”
Benjamin Ese, a friend of the victim in a Twitter thread in early June had told the story of how D’Banj allegedly raped Seyitan at a hotel two years ago – in December 2018.
She revealed that it happened at an all-white party where D’Banj allegedly offered to give her friend some money to spend the night which she rejected until he surprisingly showed up in Seyitan’s hotel room around 2 in the midnight.
“D’Banj drove all the way from Eko hotel where he was lodged and came down to glee hotel in Victoria Island at midnight 2.40 am and collected the spare key from the receptionist,” Ese said in the thread which has since sparked an outrage.
She said D’Banj allegedly “got into my friend’s room and forcefully threatened he would walk her out of the room naked, kept his fingers in her vagina and repeatedly raped her.”
Ese explained that the incident had caused Seyitan some trauma since the incident happened.
A month after Ese’s tweets, Seyitan came out to present herself publicly as the lady who was allegedly raped by D’Banj in December 2018.
The singer denied the allegations that were made against him, asked that his accuser make a public apology and also pay him the sum of N100m in damages.
Some policemen who were allegedly said to be acting on the instruction of the singer, detained Seyitan for over 24 hours and intimidated her, forcing to her delete all chats, social media posts and other vital information from her phone.
This ongoing issue has sparked an outrage on social media from Nigerians with D’Banj trending on social media for the last two days.
Feminists and several rights groups have called on the police to ensure that justice is served regardless of the musician’s status.
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