Popular entertainer Speed Darlington is under investigation after a viral Instagram Live video appeared to show him admitting to defiling a 15-year-old girl.
𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐬 𝐃𝐒𝐕𝐀, 𝐍𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐏 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟓-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝
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Speaking in Igbo, he recounted an encounter at a hotel, claiming the girl was a virgin and that blood stained the sheets. “Before they could come change the sheets for me, I had to give N2,000… I can never work for anybody, lai lai. I only work for myself,” he said.
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) described the video as “disturbing” and confirmed it had escalated the matter to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), since the incident’s location wasn’t specified.
NAPTIP responded, “This is not a skit right?” to which DSVA replied, “We are in this together o!”
Both agencies urged the public to assist investigations. Darlington has previously sparked controversy over alleged interactions with minors.