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D’banj Faces Arrest

Popular musician, D’banj is in hot soup as the Coalition of Public Interests Lawyers and Advocates, (COPA) has called for his arrest over an allegation of rape against him by Miss Seyitan Tayo.

Mr. Patrick Odey, Director, Human Rights and Gender, at COPA in a statement, said;

“We welcome the forthright and timely intervention of the Inspector General of Police, who has since ordered a comprehensive investigation into this matter.”

“This directive is timely given the individuals involved and the peculiarity of the issues therein, as well as the ugly times we live in as a nation where incidences of rape and other gender-based crimes are rampant.”

“The intervention of the IGP is satisfying and assuages risen public fear before now that the instrumentality of the Nigeria Police Force had been hijacked by the bourgeoisie class of the Nigerian polity to protect the musician.”

“Speculations of manipulation and partiality in the investigative process especially given the status of the alleged offender in comparison to the victim, but the directive of the IGP is, to say the least, reassuring and highly welcomed.”

“Justice must not only be done but must also be manifestly seen to be done, and for us at COPA, the manifest path of justice extends to the conduct of investigations and the treatment of the parties.”

“It will be a fair play if there will be a transparent and visible investigation to ensure that a proper, dispassionate and comprehensive investigation into the allegations was conducted without considering the personality involved.”

For those who don’t know, the musician got the lady who accused him of rape arrested and detained.

He also slammed her with an N100 million defamation suit demanding an apology in four national dailies or risk legal action.

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