Nigerian musician Oladapo Oyebanji, popularly known as D'banj, has been allegedly arrested and held by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) (ICPC).

According to sources, the musician was detained on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, when ICPC agents descended on him and compelled him to surrender.

D'banj was purportedly detained on suspicion of illegally transferring cash earmarked for the N-Power project into his accounts.

The N-Power initiative is an empowerment plan put up by the Nigerian government in 2016 to solve problems including young unemployment and enhance social development.

It has been confirmed that the singer formed a partnership with certain government officials, who inserted non-existent recipients into the plan.

The money designated to those recipients has now been identified in accounts that are related to the singer.

He was summoned for weeks before his arrest but failed to heed them.

Having dodged the ICPC's request for a dialogue many times, the commission was obliged to ask for his arrest either in Nigeria or overseas. This led to his arrest yesterday.

The authorities denied the singer's plea for bail because on him to present at his trial if he is freed.

It has been reported that the ICPC may seek the court for a longer detention order today, December 7th, to continue iteration before charging the singer to court.

D'banj is a Nigerian singer-songwriter popularly known as the Kokomaster. He has been an active member of the Nigerian music scene since 2004, with multiple successful tracks to his credit.