The music star is currently in detention at the ICPC Headquarters in Abuja.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – Afro-beats maestro, Oladapo Oyebanji, popularly called D’banj, has been arrested and detained by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over alleged diversion of millions of N-Power funds in collaboration with some government officials.
The music star is currently in detention at the ICPC Headquarters in Abuja.
It was gathered that D’Banj had earlier been invited for questioning on several occasions but refused to show up, claiming that he was out of the country for scheduled concerts.
According to a report by the Punch, a source said “D’banj colluded with some government officials to infuse ghost beneficiaries into the payroll of the scheme. With this, the stipend paid to those ghost beneficiaries are directly paid to bank accounts linked to the singer.
“On arrival, he was interrogated for hours after which he was detained and his plea for administrative bail was rejected by officials, for lack of trust.”
He is expected to be arraigned in court this week, with ICPC requesting a remand order to enable further investigation.