UN says: D’Banj not our ambassador

The United Nations says Musician , Oladapo Oyebanjo aka D ’ Banj , is not a United Nations Youth Ambassador for Peace .

The Director of Information , United Nations Information Centre for Nigeria, Joseph Kayanja, said this during an email chat with The PUNCH on Wednesday .

In 2012 , D ’ Banj ’ s publicists had claimed that the musician was the first Nigerian to be appointed a UN Youth Ambassador for Peace .

Following the rape allegations levelled against D ’ Banj by Seyitan Babatayo , an online petition was started calling on the UN to strip the musician of the title . 

The petition on Change . org has been signed by over 22 , 000 people as of June 24 , 2020 .

Responding to an inquiry , however , the UN told The PUNCH that D ’ Banj was never at any time given the title of ambassador by the UN.

The email read in part , “ I would like to confirm that the said Mr . Oladapo Oyebanjo aka D ’ Banj is NOT a UN Ambassador . The title was accorded to him by an obscure UN youth association which has nothing to do with the United Nations. I hope this clarifies . ”

The Kokomaster , who recently signed an endorsement deal with Heritage Bank to mark his 40 birthday , is currently a subject of police investigation .

Seyitan ’ s friend , Benjamin Ese , in a Twitter thread in early June , had told the story of how D ’ Banj allegedly raped Seyitan at Glee Hotel , Lagos two years ago – in December 2018 .