Speed Darlington is offering Burna Boy a deal. If the charges go away, he says he will never comment on the singer’s sexuality again, directly or indirectly, and he won’t even mention his name once the dispute is settled.
The Nigerian rapper, real name Darlington Okoye, made the offer in a video posted to his Instagram page on Thursday. This video is for Burna Boy. Burna, this is an apology video. I apologise for any pain that I have caused you. Any shame that I have caused you,” he said.
He framed his past behaviour as a misreading of the room. “I made the mistake of thinking that everybody vibrates at the same frequency. That’s wrong of me. I apologise, Burna Boy.”
Then came the terms. “I give you my word that if you withdraw all charges and let everything die, I give you my word that I will never make any direct comment regarding your sexuality. Even indirect comment. I will no longer try sustain. I give you my word. Let peace reign,” he said.
The tone is softer than anything fans have heard from him on this subject, but it is still a negotiation. The silence he is promising only kicks in if Burna Boy, born Damini Ogulu, agrees to let the case go.
This feud goes back a while, and it boiled over in October 2024. Speed Darlington posted videos questioning Burna Boy’s Grammy win for the album Twice as Tall and making insinuations about his association with American music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Burna Boy didn’t answer with a diss track. He filed a police petition accusing Speed Darlington of defamation and cyberstalking.
Speed Darlington was arrested in Lagos on 4 October 2024 and transferred to Abuja, where he was held until his release on 9 October.
His lawyer at the time, Stan Alieke, issued an apology on his behalf and said the videos were meant as entertainment rather than defamation.
Speed Darlington later distanced himself from that statement. He claimed it was made on legal advice so he could get his seized phone back, which is part of why this latest apology will be read closely.
Things escalated again in November 2024 when he was arrested a second time while performing in Owerri, Imo State.
Deji Adeyanju, his lawyer then, called the arrest unnecessary and accused Burna Boy of using the police against his client.
After weeks in detention, Speed Darlington was arraigned and granted bail in January 2025. Freedom didn’t cool anything down, though, and he went on to release diss tracks and keep making public comments about Burna Boy.
So this video marks a real shift in tone from someone who spent months doubling down. Burna Boy’s side has consistently treated the matter as a legal issue rather than a social media spat, and the case is still in play.
For now, the offer is out there in public, conditions attached. The next move belongs to Burna Boy and his legal team.
