Activist lawyer Deji Adeyanju has revealed that the Nigerian police have ignored a Federal High Court ruling granting bail to rapper, Speed Darlington.
The court issued the bail decision on Monday, December 23, but the rapper remains in police custody. He was re-arrested on November 27 in Owerri, Imo State, after an earlier arrest in October stemming from a petition filed by fellow artist Burna Boy.
Although the court granted him unconditional bail, compliance requires the singer’s legal team to submit the ruling to the police legal department and the Force Investigation Department (FID), where he is detained. The team has fulfilled these steps, but the police have yet to act.
On Thursday, Adeyanju criticized the police’s inaction on his X account, stating, “The Nigerian Police have refused to release Speed Darlington a.k.a AKPI despite the explicit order of the Federal High Court to do so. This is the highest form of disrespect to the judiciary.”
