NAPTIP Puts Singer Speed Darlington on Watchlist

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has announced that it has put the Nigerian rapper, Darlington Okoye, who is better known as Speed Darlington, on a watchlist. This is because he has refused to attend an official meeting at the agency's main office in Abuja.

Leadership newspaper reports that Ijeoma Mary Amugo, NAPTIP's Director of Legal and Prosecution, shared this information at a press conference held in Abuja today, November 24th.

NAPTIP had previously issued a warrant for the controversial singer's arrest on Friday, June 27, 2025, over accusations of rape, online harassment, and cyberstalking. He was declared wanted after he allegedly claimed during a live Instagram video that he had sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl. This claim suggests sexual activity with a female who is under the legal age.

The singer responded by taking legal action against the agency, arguing that he had not committed any crime and should not have been declared wanted.

When answering questions from reporters today, the NAPTIP Director of Prosecution stated that the rapper had attempted to intimidate the agency after they had declared him wanted. NAPTIP also mentioned that they have not been able to find a confirmed address for Speed Darlington, which is making it hard to make him answer for the alleged crimes.

 “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