D’Banj demands N100m compensation from rape accuser

Popular Nigerian musician, Oladapo Oyebanjo who is better known by his stage name D’Banj, has demanded 100 million naira from Miss Seyitan Babatayo who accused him of raping her in a hotel room on December 30, 2018.

In a pre-litigation letter signed by his lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Dbanj asked his accuser to make a payment of N100m within 48 hours or face legal action.

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In the letter, which was addressed to Miss Babatayo’s lawyer, Ojoge, Omileye and Partners, dated June 15, 2020, D’Banj also demanded that an apology be published in at least four national dailies.

The letter read in part, “We have been instructed to demand and we so hereby demand from you the following: That your client makes an outright apology and a total retraction of each and every false allegation made against and concerning our client.

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“The said apology and retraction shall be published in four national dailies with wide circulation in Nigeria as well as on social media platforms and handles being used by your client and her hirelings. That your client makes a compensatory deposit of the sum of N100m only through this chambers in favour of our client to assuage his battered image.”

Furthermore, D’Banj stated in the letter that he was married when the purported rape took place, and added that the allegation was an insult to his wife.

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