Speed Darlington Reportedly Flees Nigeria After NAPTIP Declares Him Wanted for Cyberb¥llying, others

Speed Darlington Reportedly Flees Nigeria After NAPTIP Declares Him Wanted for Cyberb¥llying, others

Controversial Nigerian musician, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, reportedly left the country just before the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) declared him wanted over allegations of r+pe, cyberb¥llying, and cyberst+lking.

NAPTIP’s declaration followed a disturbing video Speed Darlington posted on Instagram, in which he openly described an encounter involving a 15-year-old girl.

In the now-viral video, he claimed to have given a hotel staff member ₦2,000 to clean bl++dstain bedsheets after being with the underage girl.

“Before he could come change the sheet for me, I had to dash him ₦2,000 because… I told him to come and wash the bl++d that came out of the 15-year-old girl,” he said, adding that the incident reinforced his decision to never work in the hospitality industry again.

The artist, who claimed to have worked in hospitality about 10 years ago, used the video to explain why he would not return to the field. “There is nobody I’m going to work for… and somebody will now tell me to go and wash a bedsheet stained with bl++d,” he said.

Following intense public outrage, Speed Darlington issued a denial on June 2, distancing himself from any s+x¥al involvement with the minor mentioned in his video. He posted the denial letter on his Instagram page.

However, footage of the singer departing Nigeria surfaced online shortly after NAPTIP declared him wanted. In one of the videos, he criticized Nigerian airline Air Peace over a nine-hour layover but also mentioned being put up in a hotel and treated well.

The video was shared on his YouTube and Instagram pages, with a caption suggesting he had arrived in New York, USA. He was seen walking through the airport with two suitcases.

Authorities are yet to provide an update on efforts to apprehend him.