Popularly Nigerian singer, Oladapo Oyebanji, aka D’banj, has denied colluding with government officials to defraud the Federal Government.
The denial is coming on the heels of his arrest and interrogation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over fraud.
D’Banj was on Wednesday arrested and questioned by the ICPC over allegation of fraud associated with the N-Power Programme.
But the music star on Wednesday evening, said he has no contractual or incidental relationship whatsoever with any group or persons within or outside the Government.
He lamented media reports of him being in ICPC’s custody concerning unestablished allegations of fraud.
A statement issued on Wednesday by Maryam El-Yakub Musa, the legal adviser to D’banj, said the report concerning the arrest and detention of Mr Daniel Oladapo Oyebanjo is misconceived, malicious and prejudicial to the justice system.
According to them, “D’banj has no such contractual or incidental relationship whatsoever with any group or persons within or outside the Government in relation to the disbursement, operations, access or control of the operation of any government fund through an agency or its subsidiaries”.
Hinting on a possible mistaken identity, the lawyers said “D’banj has encouraged the Commission to carry out its investigation thoroughly to ensure that characters attempting to bring him into such ridiculous activities must be brought to book”.
