The Lagos State Police Command has announced that dancehall singer, Burna Boy, is on the run more than 24 hours after he was declared wanted in connection with an alleged robbery on his colleague, Mr. 2kay.
A statement by police spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, late on Tuesday said the artiste born Damini Ogulu was yet to report himself to the police and “still on the run contrary to reports making rounds on the internet that the musician has honoured police invitation.”
Burna Boy’s management, Spaceship Entertainment, had in an earlier statement denied that he was involved in the robbery and beating up of the Grafton Records artiste in the latter’s room at Eko Hotel & Suites during the Buckwyld N Breathless concert on October 22.
It denied statement by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, that the 26-year-old should “report himself at the nearest police station since efforts to locate him at his residence at 7 Cheview Estate, Lekki, or any known hangouts, have proved abortive.”
The artiste’s managers claimed, in their own statement, that “the first and only invitation Burna Boy has ever received from the police was issued yesterday November 20th 2017.
“This invitation was honoured yesterday and it has been made clear that he is happy to cooperate with the police as best as he can.”
That claim was, however, debunked by Famous-Cole who said “only Burna Boy’s father, one Samuel Ogulu visited the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) in-charge of the case with the promise to bring Burna Boy before the police.
“The police, therefore, called on “Burna Boy’s father and relatives to do right by bringing the musician and turning him in to the police before the long arm of the law catches up with him.”
Four suspects – Balogun Ademola, Obina Igwe, Tunmise Omotore and Joel Kantiock, who claimed to be Burna Boy’s road manager – were paraded by the police on Monday in connection with the attack on Mr. 2kay.
They were alleged to have been offered N100,000 to teach their victim a lesson.
“At about 2am, someone knocked on the door of Mr. 2Kay’s room and introduced himself as a room service official from the reception.
“Mr. 2Kay opened the door and four men entered with a gun. They robbed him of his Audemais Piquet, an automatic gold wristwatch valued at $25,000; gold jewellery valued at N1.5m; an iPhone 7 valued at N380,000, a Samsung Galaxy S7 valued at N240,000, Samsung Galaxy S5 worth N110,000; Addidas shoes valued at N75,000; three bottles of perfume worth N180,000 and a cash sum of N45,000.
“The gang then tied him and his girlfriend up before leaving the room.
“During investigations, the girlfriend of one of the gang members, Nimota Mutajero, was arrested. Her confession led to the arrest of three suspects. They confessed that one Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy, an artiste, through his road manager, one Joel Kantiock, contacted and paid them to rob Mr. 2Kay to teach him a lesson.
“Kantiock was subsequently picked up in his hideout at Zaria, Kaduna State.
“He confessed that his boss, Burna Boy, instructed him to look for armed men that could rob Mr. 2Kay. Burna Boy mobilised the gang with an initial cash sum of N50,000 and a subsequent sum of N50,000 when the job had been completed,” Edgal said during the parade of suspects.
