…the viral video was just a publicity stunt – Speed
The iNews Times reports that following a backlash from a viral video, Speed Darlington, a Nigerian controversial singer, has apologised to his fans.
The viral video in which Speed Darlington popularly known as ‘Akpi’ appeared to admit to sleeping with a 15-year-old virgin girl.
In the original footage, which has been widely condemned across social media, the artist described in unsettling detail a decade-old encounter with a teenage girl.
The development sparked immediate outrage prompting calls for legal action.
But in a follow-up video posted on his Instagram page on Wednesday, Speed Darlington claimed the viral video was nothing more than a publicity stunt, crafted to promote his latest music release.
Akpi also apologised to his fans and anyone who found the video offensive.
‘’All my followers pissed off about the video I recorded in which I spoke about me sleeping with a 15-year-old, I am an artist. I need controversy to eat. If you are not trending, you are not getting booked. Simple! Nobody is booking something that is not trending.
“I have a new song now. The song is talking about f#ck this, f#ck that. This is my genre. I do not perform Christian music. When I dropped my song, I needed f#ck contents to push it, he explained.
“If any of you are offended, it’s alright. Apologies.” he said.
Recall that Speed Darlington was criticised yesterday following a viral video on Instagram live in which he admitted to defiling a 15-year-old girl.
The incident, which he narrated in Igbo, also prompted swift reactions from the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons.
Speed Darlington sometimes in 2022 in an Instagram live revealed an altercation he had with a neighbour who accused him of getting too close to a 16-year-old girl.
The singer filmed two women outside his apartment while he walked around his living room holding a knife to threaten them, saying, “They continually invade my privacy, opening my window, opening my curtain. I’m alone, two people attacking me.”
One of the women, also filming him, was heard saying, “You’ve met your match. Speed comes outside. I will deal with you; I will deal with you. Why are you running? Continue your live video, let them know you’re a rapist. You want to start messaging a 16-year-old girl, a house girl. Open this door, come out.”
