IGP Orders Probe Of Policemen Who Arrested D’Banj’s Rape Accuser

July 1, 2020 Stan

Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police, has ordered the probe of the policemen who allegedly arrested singer, D’banj’s rape accuser, Seyitan Babatayo.

According to reports, the singer and his team allegedly influenced the police decision to detain Seyitan without charging her to court.

The order was contained in a letter titled; “Re: Petition Against Inspector Abraham, Supol Ugowe and the Entire Police Officers Team at Ikeja, Lagos Division of the Inspector General of Police”, the IGP asked that the petition from Seyitan Babatayo’s lawyer be addressed.

The letter was signed on the IGP’s behalf by his Principal Staff Officer, DCP Idowu Owohunwa and addressed to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Garki.

It is also sequel to a petition written by Seyitan’s lawyer, Ojoge, Omileye and Partners which alleges that policemen attached to the Intelligence Response Team arrested Seyitan on the directive of D’Banj and detained her for over 24 hours.

It was also alleged that the policemen denied her access to her phone and her lawyers and she was subjected to intimidation and psychological torture by the policemen.

The petition read in part;

“On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, our client was picked up alongside a friend, Favour, at her residence in Lagos by the officers of the Ikeja IGP IRT. The arrest was without any warrant and neither our client nor her friend, Favour, was informed of the reasons for their arrest.

“According to our client, she was told to write a statement denying ever meeting with Mr. Oyebanjo (D’Banj) and to also state that she lied against the person of Mr. Oyebanjo. In actual fact, our client was about to write the statement which she believed would be a basis for her release when the counsel came in and stopped her from writing such a statement.

“The counsel further informed the policemen that all actions to the alleged rape of our client in December 2018 by Mr. Oyebanjo have been transferred to the DIG FCID for a thorough investigation and that they need to stay the action.”

The petition adds that the counsel told the policemen to release his client and he would bring her back to the station when she is needed but the policemen said Seyitan had not yet spent 24 hours in custody.

This all began after Miss Babatayo came out to accuse the singer of raping her in a hotel in 2018.

Babatayo also released a press statement in the penultimate week where she recounted her ordeal and she revealed that she has officially filed a criminal complaint against the singer.