Dbanj’s Lawyer sought His Release

Pelumi Olajengbesi who is the lawyer to the popular musician, Daniel Oladapo, also known as D’Banj, has asked for the release of the singer from the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.

Olajengbesi said in a statement on Thursday s that D’Banj was innocent of the allegations of fund diversion trailing him regarding the social empowerment programme ‘N-Power Scheme.’

He also  demanded that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs should make public the names of government officials allegedly involved with D’Banj in the alleged fraud.

“Investigators of the Commission have between December 6 and 7, 2022, thoroughly examined D’banj’s honest and straightforward answers to all its inquiries to the mutual satisfaction of the Commission and his legal representatives.

“That D’banj has dutifully cooperated with the Commission in the course of their investigation and demonstrated a shared zeal to help the Commission make its impassioned and honest findings on the matter as he is interested in clearing his name as well,” the lawyer said.

He added that after Wednesday’s interview session, “we were informed he would be released as a matter of course having found nothing on him and with no further grounds for his continued detention. However, the Chairman of the Commission was required to sign off on his immediate release before it could be effected and that never happened.

“We were at the Commission today (Thursday) to give D’banj the required legal representation and all we waited for was still the ‘approval from above’ that never came. D’banj was also not interviewed today on any other issue before his lawyers.”