Fuji exponent, Wasiu Alabi Odetola, better known as Pasuma Wonder, has denied killing a boy in a hit and run accident.
Speaking through his manager, Afolabi
Oyekoya, Pasuma said there is no truth in the allegation while
condemning the stories on the Internet that the his convoy hit a young
boy.
According to the stories, one of the
convoys of the fuji star ran over a teenage fan after Pasuma’s vehicle
had knocked down the victim on their way back from a show at
Idimu-Council area of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State.
The victim, simply known as Bidemi, a
12-year old and fan of the singer, was said to have been lurking around
to get a glimpse of the star as he was leaving the St. Augustine Events
Hall, Isheri-Idimu, venue of the said show.
However, Oyekoya said it was saddening
that some people would peddle such ‘heavy rumours’ in order to drag
somebody’s name to the mud.
“In fact, I don’t even want to talk
about this. It is simply sad that one’s image would be spoilt just like
this. If Pasuma had killed anybody, don’t you think he should have been
in the police custody by now? Pasuma wasn’t invited by the police.
Nobody arrested him. Nobody invited him for questioning. So how would
anybody just come out and say that Pasuma killed somebody?”
Oyekoya admitted that a young boy was killed but he insisted that it wasn’t Pasuma’s vehicle that knocked him down.
Earlier on, a source who had claimed he was an eyewitness, blamed the police for the accident.
“We went for a show at Idimu. After the
show, a crowd of area boys came to meet us and as usual, Pasuma gave
them N100, 000. Anytime he goes for shows like that, he normally asks
for the leader of the boys in the area and he gives them N100, 000.
After he gave them the money, he drove off but there was a police patrol
vehicle behind us.
“Probably, when the police saw the
crowd, they must have thought something dangerous was happening. It must
have been the police’s van that killed the young boy and they even
seized the corpse. The family of the boy had to pay before the corpse
was released. It has nothing to do with Paso,” the source said.
Meanwhile, when Saturday Beats called
the police public relations officer, Ngozi Braide concerning the
allegation, her phone was switched off. She didn’t reply the text
message sent to her.
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