Popular
comedian and musical artiste, Moye Idowu aka Maleke, narrowly escaped
being lynched by thugs loyal to Delta State governor on Wednesday after
making jokes that were deemed to have ridiculed the governor.
Popular comedian and musical artiste, Moye Idowu aka Maleke,
narrowly escaped being lynched by thugs loyal to Delta State governor on
Wednesday after making jokes that were deemed to have ridiculed the
governor.
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Narrating the incident to SaharaReporters, a police officer who
witnessed the show said that Maleke, who was hired to entertain the
audience at the 2016 Ika Carnival in Agbor, headquarters of Ika South
local government area of the state, made jokes on stage about the
governor.
“After thrilling the crowd first with some musical dance steps at the
2016 Ika Carnival, Maleke began to crack some very expensive and
mocking jokes on the state governor using some harsh words on Okowa.
“After a time some thugs working with the governor, who is from Ika,
made several attempts to stop Maleke but he continued. At this stage
their tempers started to rise.”
He said the thugs, after reinforcing by making calls to other members
of their gangs, climbed up to the stage and gripped the comedian by the
shirt but showing no fear, Maleke reportedly continued with his
performance, and perhaps out of annoyance, the police officer said,
shouted, “Okowa is an idiot! Okowa is an idiot!”
At that point, he said his boss, CSP Akintude Oyeniran, the
Divisional Police Officer of the Agbor police station, along with some
of his colleagues, rushed to the stage and whisked Maleke away.
In his words, “Maleke was so lucky. If not for the swift intervention
of my boss and some of my colleagues, Maleke would have been beaten to a
state of coma. By now he would have been hospitalized because those
thugs were armed with some dangerous weapons and you know their brother
is the governor of the state as such they can do anything and go free.”
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