From all indications, the Fuji veteran who recently celebrated 20 years
on stage may be on his way into police net if matters are not well
handled. Eye witnesses are saying that a member of the convoy of the
Fuji star over-ran a teenage fan after Pasuma’s vehicle knocked down the
victim on their way from a show at Idimu-Council area of Alimosho Local
Government Area of Lagos State.
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The victim, Bidemi, a 12-year old fan of the ‘Orobokibo’ singer is
said to have been lurking around to get a glimpse of the star as he was
leaving the St. Augustine Events Hall, Isheri-Idimu where the show took
place only to lose his life in the process. ‘Pasuma was trying to avoid
the area boys as he was leaving and so he was driving fast and it
happened that he knocked the boy down and the vehicle behind him ran
over the boy’, an eye witness said.
Pasuma is said to have been
driving in his newly acquired Range Rover Sports and did not bother to
slow down to find out what had happened. ‘He sped off without caring’,
another eye witness said.
But the singer’s minders insist he’s
innocent and absolutely unaware of what happened after he left the event
venue. Those close to Pasuma said he wasn’t initially aware of the
situation and that the decease may have been hit by a random car coming
behind the musician.
Investigations reveal that ‘Paso’, as the
singer is fondly called in the streets was trying to avoid the area boys
who were desperate to extort him. It has become an accepted tradition
in the Fuji industry, for Fuji artistes who perform in an area to
‘settle’ the area boys because they form the largest percentage of their
fan base.
Pasuma according to a few ‘area boys’ who were at the
scene of the incident said the self- acclaimed Oganla of Fuji is fond of
not ‘settling’ the area boys and it was in this bid to avoid being
extorted that led to the untimely death of the teenager.
‘Paso no dey like to settle. Na because e no wan settle make am drive fast like that’, one of the area boys said.
Other
sources say he actually tipped fans and some miscreants, but like
Oliver Twist, some camps wanted more and the musician sped off after he
had had enough. Speaking in a telephone conversation, Pasuma’s manager,
Afolabi Oyekoya refused to confirm or deny the allegations.
All efforts to get the police
officers at Idimu Police Station Area M also proved abortive, as the
officers refused to entertain any questions and directed that we
referred the inquiry to the office of the Police Public Relations
Officer, PPRO, whose number was switched off at the time.
We will give updates as the story unfolds.
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Many of them are like that!!! At the end of the day,he'll buy his way out. Smmmhhhhhh!!!
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