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Nigerian Afrobeats star D\u2019banj has been arrested over allegations of fraud after millions of dollars meant to help unemployed youths start businesses were reported missing.<\/p>\n

The artist, who has claimed to be the brand ambassador for the scheme, has turned himself in.<\/p>\n

The N-Power initiative was launched in 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n

But many beneficiaries have complained for months that they were not receiving their grants.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Nigeria\u2019s anti-corruption agencies said in a statement on Wednesday that \u201cbillions of naira\u201d had been diverted.<\/p>\n

Lawyers representing D\u2019banj \u2013 whose real name is Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo \u2013 have denied a claim by the anti-corruption agency that their client had ignored multiple summons.<\/p>\n

They said the artist willingly turned himself in on Tuesday and that he will cooperate with the investigation.<\/p>\n

More than two million Nigerians aged between 18 and 35 have benefited from the N-Power scheme since it was launched, according to the government.<\/p>\n

At least 280bn naira ($629m; \u00a3516m) was distributed in 2019 to beneficiaries who started small businesses, the authorities said.<\/p>\n

Ten other people, as well as D\u2019banj are being investigated, the anti-corruption agency said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe investigation will be all-encompassing and also be extended to other collaborators of the fraud and the banks where the beneficiaries\u2019 accounts are domiciled,\u201d a statement read.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, which oversees N-Power, said it had no official engagement with the artist and that his claims to be an ambassador for the scheme was misleading.<\/p>\n

D\u2019banj\u2019s 2012 hit Oliver Twist won him fans across the continent and in the diaspora.<\/p>\n

Two years ago his one-year-old son drowned in a pool at his home in the commercial city of Lagos. <\/p>\n

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