Akpi will not beg Burna Boy”- Speed Darlington’s lawyer Stan Alieke says
The legal representative of singer, Speed Darlington, Stan Alieke has stated that his client will not beg Burna Boy to drop the charges.
Recall that Speed Darlington was arrested and imprisoned for two months after Burna Boy reported and made a case of defamation against him.
Following the release of Speed Darlington, his lawyer who had an interview with BBC pidgin has emphasized that his client will not beg the African Giant for a court settlement.
He said the case should be a civil action, with the court determining the damages and financial compensation without the intervention of the police.
In his words:
“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.”
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