Afro-pop singer, Mr 2kay has narrated his tragic experience in the hands of notorious armed robbers who attacked and robbed him at Eko Hotel and Suites.
Speaking in a recent chat with Pulseng, he gave a detailed account of what really transpired.
According to him: “On the 22nd of October after my whole performance, I decided to go to the hotel to change into something so I could come back and watch other performers perform.
While I was going back, it was me and my road manager, then Joel who happens to be Burna boy’s manager came to meet my manager and I didn’t see it as anything we all walked into my room together and he was trying to have a conversation with me and the kind of questions he was asking I didn’t really feel it was necessary for me to answer so I just shifted it away. The three of us were inside my room which was the 8th floor I think it was 804 not really sure about it, can’t remember the room but it was on the 8th floor.
“So after that, I got a call from a friend who wanted to say hi to me because she watched the event. They had to excuse me from my room that is my manager and Joel who happened to be Burna boy’s road manager. Then I got a call from the reception asking if I was expecting anyone and I said yes, so they granted her access to my room.
“Suddenly I heard a knock and I asked who it was, the person said it was room service and they wanted to come fix something. I was still wearing just my pants. I couldn’t see the face of the person clearly because when I checked he was too close to the pigeonhole.
Immediately I opened the door, they forced their way in and told me to go down, it was then it dawned on me what was going on. I struggled a bit with them, then I screamed for my life, I shouted JESUS, that was when they tied my mouth. Then they took my friend to the toilet, at that point she was already shaking, shaking”.
Mr 2kay also noted that he thought he was going to die.
“In my mind, I had already concluded that this was the end of me so what I did was to pray to God and confess my sins and ask for his forgiveness for everything I have done. They kept punching me in my face and kept asking if I knew why this was happening to me”.
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