NIGERIA: D'Banj Arrested by ICPC For Diversion N-Power Funds

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) has detained Koko Master - Oladapo Oyebanji, more known by his stage name, D’banj.<br /><br />It was reported that D’banj conspired with some compromised government officials to introduce ghost beneficiaries into the payroll of N- Power scheme, a project set up by the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on June 8, 2016 to address the issues of youth unemployment and help increase social development. <br /><br />The allowance paid to those beneficiaries are then moved to accounts that have now allegedly been linked to the Musician.<br /><br />The anti-corruption agency confirmed the musician's arrest for the diversion of N-Power funds. The Commission said: Several invitations to Mr Oladipo Daniel Oyebanjo to appear before a team of investigators were ignored and not honoured. <br /><br />"Mr Oyebanjo turned himself in and was taken into custody at the ICPC Headquarters on Tuesday, December 6 2022, and is currently assisting the investigators in unravelling the circumstances of the fraud allegations by the petitioners.<br /><br /> "The investigation will be all-encompassing and also be extended to other collaborators of the fraud and the banks where the beneficiaries' accounts are domiciled," an ICPC communique partly read.