New Telegraph 
The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered a probe into the allegations of rape levelled against music Icon, Oladapo Oyebanjo (aka D’Banj), by Seyitan Babatayo. This order is coming after the singer was accused of using the Police to silence the young lady, Seyitan. D’banj, real name, Oladapo Oyebanjo, is facing a backlash over alleged use of the police to silence Seyitan Babatayo, who alleged that the singer raped her in December 2018. Feminists and several rights groups have called on the police to ensure that justice is served regardless of the musician’s status.
Consequently, Adamu has ordered a probe into the allegations of rape levelled against the music star. According to a report by an online portal, 1st News, the letter written by the IG is titled; ‘Re: Petition Against (1) Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo (aka D’Banj) for Rape, Indecent Sexual Assault, Attempted Assault on Miss Seyitan Temidayo. This ordered is contained in a letter with reference number CB.7000/IGP.SEC/ ABJ/VOl.484/801; signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the IG, DCP Idowu Owohunwa. Also, the letter was addressed to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Area 10, Garki, Abuja. The letter read in part: “I forward herewith copy of the letter dated June 5, 2020, received from Ojoge, Omileye and Partners on the aboveunderlined subject.
I am to respectfully convey the directive of the Inspector-General of Police that you treat. Accept the assurances of my esteemed regards please.” Seyitan’s friend, Benjamin Ese, in a Twitter thread in early June, had told the story of how D’Banj allegedly raped Seyitan at a hotel two years ago – in December 2018. She said it happened at an all-white party where D’Banj allegedly offered her friend some money to spend the night which she rejected until he surprisingly showed up in Seyitan’s hotel room around 2am in the midnight.
“D’Banj drove all the way from Eko Hotel where he was lodged and came down to Glee hotel in Victoria Island at midnight 2.40 am and collected the spare key from the receptionist,” Ese said in the thread which has since sparked an outrage. She said D’Banj allegedly “got into my friend’s room and forcefully threatened he would walk her out of the room naked, kept his fingers in her vagina and repeatedly raped her.”
