The counsel for popular controversial rapper, Stanley Alieke, has stated that Darlington Okoye, aka Speed Darlington, has been granted bail after a month in police custody.
The legal practitioner made this disclosure on his Instagram handle on Monday.Apki has been granted bail by the court,” he wrote without including much information.
FCNN gathered that Darlington was arrested on November 27 while performing at a show in Owerri, the Imo state capital, His arrest was connected to an alleged abuse of Afrofusion star, Damini Ogulu commonly known as Burna Boy.
Darlington’s counsel, Deji Adeyanju also confirmed that Burna Boy was responsible for his arrest.Darlington had taunted Burna Boy over his affiliation with the embattled United States rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ who is facing multiple charges for sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
This was the reason forhis first arrest. On his arrival, Speed Darlington swore never to back down on calling out the Grammy award winner because of his association with the embattled Diddy.
Earlier, Darlington’s lawyer, Adeyanju said that the singer would be arraigned within 48 hours or be released on bail.
“Our FREP application for Speed Darlington a.k.a has been granted by the court. He is to be arraigned within 48 hours or released. Issues around injustice may take time but justice will always prevail,” he wrote.
