Franklyn Amudo,
former manager to Afrobeats singer, D’banj, says Seyitan Babatayo, who is
accusing the artiste of raping her, was paid $100 after the incident in 2018.
Babatayo publicly
made the accusations on June 3, 2020, claiming that the incident happened in a
hotel room in Glee Hotel, Victoria Island.
D’banj, born Oladapo
Oyebanjo, has denied the allegations and sued her to the tune of N1.5 billion.
In an interview with
Goldmyne, Amudo said Seyitan first told him about the incident in 2018.
He said he contacted
Aja Mohammed, one of the singer’s close friends, afterwards who told him that
the alleged victim was offered the said sum, which according to him, Seyitan
said was “money for medications”.
“Upon getting to
Ghana, I just saw that my phone kept on ringing because we were on the bus, and
it was Seyitan. We were in the car to the apartment so I didn’t pick,” he told
the news outlet.
“When we got to the
apartment, I put on the wifi then I saw her message and I called her back and
asked why she was calling me.
“The first question
she asked was that ‘were you aware that D’banj was coming to my room?’ I said
no because first of all D’banj doesn’t even know my room, and he didn’t even
lodge at Glee hotel.”
“That was when she
made the allegation that D’banj came into her room and had forceful carnal
knowledge of her. She sent it via voice note. I can even play it for you.
“I was disturbed. I
called Chizzy and told him about it and we spoke. Let’s not forget that
D’banj’s wife was also on that trip with us and we were all staying at an
Airbnb apartment.
“I could not bring
up the topic because of that. I called Aja Mohammed in Lagos, told him about it
and asked for his take on the issue. He was like ‘Franklyn don’t bother
yourself, it has been resolved’.
“He said he had
given the girl involved $100. Then I called Seyitan to confirm about the $100
and why she is still talking about rape, she got angry.
“Seyitan in the same
voice note said she was not trying to clout, that she just wanted me to know
the kind of people I was working with and I said noted. That was the end of our
conversation.”
Amodu, who stopped
working with the singer in 2018, said he maintained his silence since the
accusations were made public because he did not want to get involved in an
incident he didn’t witness.
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