Speed Darlington Is In Police Custody – Deji Adeyanju
A popular activist, Deji Adeyanju, has disclosed that singer and social media sensation, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington who was declared missing has been detained by the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in Abuja.
Adeyanju, who is also a lawyer, revealed that Speed Darlington, also known as Akpi was arrested in Lagos last Friday and subsequently transferred to Abuja, where he has remained in detention since.
He claimed that the arrest was based on a formal complaint from Grammy Award-winning artist, Burna Boy.
He, however, did not give details of the petition.
The activist revealed this in a post on his X handle on Tuesday.
He wrote, “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.”
Earlier, a social media influencer, Constance Nwogu, raised an alarm regarding the alleged disappearance of Speed Darlington.
In a message shared on social media on Monday, Nwogu expressed concern over the artist’s whereabouts, noting that he has been unreachable for three days.
“It has come to our notice that our man Speeddarlington (Akpi) has been missing for days now (three days now),” Nwogu wrote via her Instagram page.
She pointed out that the last post on Speeddarlington’s social media page was made three days ago, a departure from his usual frequent online activities.
“Up till now, no one has heard from him. We have all tried to reach him, but to no avail,” she added, emphasising the urgency of the situation.
While there is no confirmed reason for Speeddarlington’s sudden disappearance, Nwogu suggested that it “could possibly be as a result of a video he must have made before now.”
In the video, Speed Darlington questioned the authenticity of Burna Boy’s Grammy award and allegedly linked Burna Boy with embattled musician Sean Combs, known as P Diddy or Puff Daddy.
