NAPTIP places singer Speed Darlington on watchlist
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has placed Nigerian rapper Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, on its watchlist after he failed to honour an invitation to appear at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja.
According to Leadership, NAPTIP’s Director of Legal and Prosecution, Ijeoma Mary Amugo, revealed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, November 24.
The agency had earlier, on Friday, June 27, 2025, declared the controversial artiste wanted over allegations of r3pe, cyberbullying, and cyberstalking. The declaration followed his alleged admission during a live Instagram session that he had engaged in sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl an act that constitutes an offence involving a minor.
The singer filed a lawsuit against the agency, insisting he committed no crime and should not have been declared wanted.
Fielding questions from newsmen today, NAPTIP’s Director of Prosecution said the rapper tried to intimidate the agency after they declared him wanted. NAPTIP further said it has not been able to trace Speed Darlington to a known address, making it difficult to get him to answer for the alleged crime.
“So what he did was to preemptively try to intimidate us by going to the social media to say that he wouldn’t come and that he wouldn’t respond to us, that we are kind of sitting on his human rights. So we tried our best to physically locate him because you have to locate the suspect before justice will be served.
So, as I’m speaking to you, the last report we have is that he’s outside the country and we have not heard from him yet. We have placed him on watch list. Anytime he enters Nigeria, NAPTIP is going to continue the investigation from where we stopped. So that is the status of the case for now.” she said
