Pageant organizer arrested for allegedly raping 16-yr-old contestant

Leadership Newspaper reports that Franklin was arrested on Monday, October 31, 2016, after the state chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), led by petitioned the Commissioner of Police after parents of the young model identified as, lodged a complaint against him.
It was learned that it was not the first time such complaints were made against Franklin as other models and contestants in past pageants have reported to the police how hebut he always he had never been apprehended.
According to the victim, she had secured a form to contest on the Miss Bayelsa Teen pageant and the Miss Tourism Pageant and during the audition, Franklin who is the manager of the event.
An investigation by the FIDA further reveals that though the police divisions in the state had received series of petitions bothering on rape and assault against Franklin, some senior police officers had consistently covered up for him after money changed hands.