Nigerian hip-hop performer Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji, who records under the name Oladips, has revealed that authorities from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission detained him because he had not submitted required tax payments. The artist described his November 2024 arrest during a Hip TV interview after officers raided his residential complex around 3 a.m.
Anti-corruption agents moved through the large housing development that night, making arrests at multiple residences over suspected financial crimes. Oladips remained in his bedroom when he learned through a community message group that officials had entered the premises. He did not attempt to flee since he said he had committed no fraudulent acts. Investigators forced entry through his kitchen entrance, confiscated his two mobile devices and conducted examinations that cleared him of internet fraud suspicions.
After finding no evidence linking him to criminal activity, a senior official questioned whether he had fulfilled tax obligations. Authorities then held him on grounds of unpaid taxes rather than the fraud allegations that prompted the initial operation.
Anti-corruption agents moved through the large housing development that night, making arrests at multiple residences over suspected financial crimes. Oladips remained in his bedroom when he learned through a community message group that officials had entered the premises. He did not attempt to flee since he said he had committed no fraudulent acts. Investigators forced entry through his kitchen entrance, confiscated his two mobile devices and conducted examinations that cleared him of internet fraud suspicions.
After finding no evidence linking him to criminal activity, a senior official questioned whether he had fulfilled tax obligations. Authorities then held him on grounds of unpaid taxes rather than the fraud allegations that prompted the initial operation.
