Popular activist Deji Adeyanju has verified that the Nigerian Police Force is holding singer and social media influencer Darlington Okoye, also known as Speed Darlington, who has been reported missing.
The attorney Adeyanju disclosed that Speed Darlington, better known by his stage name Akpi, was taken into custody in Lagos last Friday and then moved to Abuja.
He stated that Burna Boy, a Grammy Award-winning performer, had filed an official complaint, which served as the basis for the arrest.
However, Adeyanju withheld information about the petition’s specifics.
Adeyanju revealed this in a post on his X handle on Tuesday.
He wrote, “We just spent the last 30 minutes 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. The petition against him was written by Burna Boy; we can confirm.”
A social media personality named Constance Nwogu had earlier sounded the alarm about the singer’s purported disappearance.
Nwogu voiced worry about the artist’s location in a statement posted on social media on Monday, mentioning that he hasn’t been in contact for three days.
