Police Want Popular Artiste, Burna Boy, for Armed Robbery

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Popular Nigerian singer, Burna Boy, has been declared wanted by the police today for armed robbery.

According to the police, the musician allegedly masterminded a recent robbery attack on a fellow singer, Mr 2kay.

The Lagos State police boss, Mr Imohimi Edgal, told journalists today that Burna Boy recruited some hoodlums to attack and rob Mr 2Kay during an event at the Eko Hotel, Victoria Island.

Edgal stated: “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 gold wristwatch valued at $25,000; 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 N45,000 cash.”

He said detectives had arrested five suspects, including Burna Boy’s manager, Joel Kantiock, in connection with the crime.

He added that efforts to arrest the artiste had been abortive.

The police boss said that investigations had revealed that the suspects were recruited and paid an initial sum of N50,000 by Kantiock, while Burna Boy himself paid them additional N50,000 after they had carried out the attack.

Imohimi stated: “Four armed robbers carried out the attack and detectives were able to arrest one of their girlfriends, who is named Matejero. She led detectives to arrest the suspects.

“During interogation, they confessed that they were hired by Burna Boy through his manager, Joel Kantiock, who was arrested in Zaria, Kaduna State.

“They also confessed to receiving a part payment of N50,000 before the job and another N50,000 was paid to them directly by Burna Boy after the job was done.

“At the moment, efforts to apprehend Burna Boy are proving futile but we count on him to make himself available for questioning immediately.”

Meanwhile, NewsmakersNG learned that Mr. 2kay also visited the state police command today to claim some of the recovered items valued at over N20 million.

NewsmakersNG accosted Mr. 2kay at the police command but he declined comment.

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