Stan Alieke, the legal representative of popular rapper Darlington Okoye often known as Speed Darlington has declared that his client will not plead with Grammy Award-winning singer Damini Ogulu widely known as Burna Boy to dismiss the allegations against him.
Recall that the self-acclaimed African giant reported Speed Darlington and filed a defamation lawsuit against him and he was arrested and jailed for two months.
In an interview with BBC Pidgin after Speed Darlington's release, his attorney made it clear that his client will not beg Burna Boy to settle the court issue.
According to him, the issue ought to be handled as a civil action, with the court deciding on damages and monetary reparations without the involvement of law enforcement.
He said, “Akpi no go ever beg Burna Boy, we sef, we no go support am because of the things wey he don suffer. He no go even gree if we advise am, I no go even wan advice am. Matter don go court, beg or no beg, it’s now in the jurisdiction of the court to determine if wetin him talk, he really defame am or he no defame am. We are begging am mean say he don plead guilty be dat. The petition wey Burna Boy write be say the kain thing wey he don talk against am make am lose international reputation and lose some endorsements. Okay why not go to court and tell court to institute a civil action , the court will equate the damages to financial compensation. But because of the person wey dey involved, they come gather police, police come dey involved. We dey tell police say their hand no suppose dey inside right from time, in fact, police suppose grant am administrative bail from when dem arrest am.”
Watch him speak in the video below
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