Afrobeats sensation Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, is facing backlash online following serious allegations that he has been using his influence to repeatedly harass and detain a young interior designer, Amaka Obasi, over a lingering payment dispute.
The claims surfaced after an X user, @software_artist, took to the platform to raise alarm over Obasi’s alleged ordeal. According to the posts, the designer who is known online as @amaka_babyy was lured into attending a meeting at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Alagbon, Lagos. Upon arrival, she was allegedly arrested and coerced into paying over one million naira as bail.
The thread further explained that Obasi had worked on multiple projects for Rema, including renovation of his mother’s house in Benin, improvements to his personal residence, and later additional commissions such as building a music studio and upgrading a water system. However, instead of settling her bills, Rema allegedly filed petitions with the police, using his connections to intimidate her.
The viral posts alleged that Obasi has now been arrested on three separate occasions linked to the same dispute and is currently in police custody. More troubling still, it was claimed that officers pressured her to switch off her phone so Rema would believe she remained in detention.
In his impassioned post, @software_artist wrote:
“URGENT!! We need your help!!
Rema (@heisrema) is using the Nigeria Police Force to harass and detain Amaka Obasi (@amaka_babyy) all because she asked for payment on the project he commissioned her to do.
Rema and Amaka had an initial contract to renovate his new house.
Now it’s time to pay for the services and he has involved the police Force CID Alagbon, by tricking her to come for a meeting and arresting her over the weekend where she had to pay over 1 million naira as bail.
Before then they have worked twice on his mother’s house in Benin and his personal house.
He then commissioned her to build a music studio for him and an improved water system management which was not part of their initial agreement.
Now it’s time to pay for the services and he has involved the police Force CID Alagbon, by tricking her to come for a meeting and arresting her over the weekend where she had to pay over 1 million naira as bail.
The Police asked her to turn off her phone since last week so that Rema will think she’s still in custody.
She was arrested and detained yesterday after honoring an invitation from the Police with her lawyer.
Throughout the course of this project he has harassed and arrested her with police 3 times and now she’s currently in detention.
He has now involved his mother to write a cooked up petition that the work Amaka did for her in 2023 was substandard. The same work that was done and completed before Rema gave her a new contract in 2024.
All this just to avoid paying the money he owes.
Rema @heisrema tricked Amaka @amaka_babyy to come for a meeting with his lawyers to resolve any issues and when she came he summoned his personal police officers and State CID Alagbon to arrest her and keep her in detention over the weekend.
She is being remanded as we speak!!
Now they are calling me through her personal whatsapp line asking for me to take down this tweet or they will parade her as a criminal.
They are threatening her with prison because of my tweet. Can you imagine?”
As of press time, neither Rema nor the Nigeria Police Force has issued an official statement addressing the allegations.
