The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has placed Nigerian singer Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, on a watchlist after he failed to honour the agency’s invitation to its Abuja office.
This was disclosed by Ijeoma Mary Amugo, NAPTIP’s Director of Legal and Prosecution, during a press conference in Abuja on November 24.
NAPTIP had earlier declared the controversial rapper wanted on June 27, 2025, over allegations of r3pe, cyberbullying, and cyberstalking. The declaration followed his alleged claim, made during a live Instagram session, that he had sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl — a statement the agency described as an admission of sexual activity with a minor.
Speed Darlington responded by filing a lawsuit against NAPTIP, insisting he committed no crime and arguing that the agency should never have declared him wanted. However, NAPTIP says the rapper has refused to appear for questioning and has not been reachable.
The agency added that its attempts to physically locate him were unsuccessful, as he has no verified address and is believed to have left the country. According to NAPTIP, the rapper even tried to intimidate them after being declared wanted.
What NAPTIP said:
“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.”
The agency said the watchlist ensures he will be stopped for questioning whenever he returns to Nigeria, and investigations will continue from where they paused.
