Popular
comedian, musician and Edo State President of Performing Musicians Association
of Nigeria (PMAN), Maleke Idowu narrowly escaped death on Monday June 27, 2016
in Benin City.
Maleke
was reportedly beaten to a pulp and sustained various injuries at hand of
thugs and miscreants.
The
musician alleged that a bar owner had thrown a party the previous day and threw
cash in the air which caused a commotion. So he went back there the following
day to speak with them only for the bar owner, Kevin Joshua, to descend on him
with thugs, deflate his tyres and rob him of close to $7,000 dollars paid to
him for a show abroad.
Kevin Joshua however claims Maleke’s claims are false and a calculated attempt to drag his name in mud, saying he never attacked the comedian. He insists it was Maleke who stormed his bar with thugs to disrupt his business and destroy his bar.
The
acting Edo State Police Public relations officer, Stephen
Onwochei
however confirms that a full scale investigation into the crisis is underway
and three persons have been arrested in connection with the attack.
Maleke is currently
receiving treatment at an hospital for injuries he sustained during the attack.
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