SAN FRANCISCO, June 24, (THEWILL) – Seyitan Babatayo, who accused D’banj of rape, has formally filed a criminal complaint against the musician at the police.
Controversies had trailed her bombshell allegation against the famous artiste, who denies the charge. Ms. Seyitan was briefly detained by the police at D’banj’s prompting and was allegedly pressured to recant her allegation.
She now writes in a statement to the press that she has formally made a rape charge against D’bang after the Police Inspector-General directed a proper investigation of the allegation.
“I Ms Seyitan Babatayo formally made a criminal complaint of rape by Mr Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo popularly known as a D’banj at the Gender Desk of the Nigeria Police Force Lagos Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja Lagos.
Recall that Seyitan had initially denied that she was not arrested by the police but she now confirms that she was truly arrested and was treated like a criminal.
She narrated that four police officers came to her home under the pretext that they were deliverymen and they picked her up.
She stated: “I spent almost 48 hours at the Police Station, without being charged for a single crime.
“When I requested to know the reason for the police detention, the police refused to answer, but they continued to treat me like a criminal.”
She pointed out that she had tried to explain her experience at Bar Beach Police Station in Victoria Island, Lagos on Saturday, June 6, but “That attempt was thwarted by an officer of the law at the said Police barracks”.
She stated that when she was released from detention, she was made to sign a gag order by the police and the team of the musician, that she will only make social media posts that were approved by the musicians’ team.
“18th June 2020: I was isolated from my family, coerced, pressured and intimidated in person by D’banj and his team to retract all statements and to announce that my testimony was a publicity stunt,” she also says.
Seyitan made it clear that she has suffered from lots of harassment from the team of D’banj who had boasted that the singer ‘can buy off anyone within the justice system in Lagos’.
She further thanked Nigerians for their support especially Mrs. Akeredolu (SAN), former Attorney General of Ogun State, who she says will be providing legal support.
THEWILL reports that D’banj shared a video on social media dancing and urged the public to stop the media war against him insisting on his innocence until proven guilty.
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