Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, is a well-known musician and rapper from Nigeria. He has talked about his near-death experience that occurred in 2013 while he was traveling back from performing at a wedding in Abuja, the country’s capital.
According to a Vanguard News story, Falz was in the automobile with his managers, Femisoro Ajayi and Sidney Sule, when suspicious-looking guys opened fire on the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle immediately died as a result of the gunshots.
He went on to say that the individuals who attacked them were “turban-tying, AK47-wielding,” and that the incident happened during Boko Haram’s heyday in the nation.
He revealed this while joining media personality Gbemi O on the most recent Untapped show.
Read Also:Snoop Dogg hasn’t given up smoking: Here’s what he’s actually doing
In his own words: “This was me working as a lawyer in my dad’s firm in 2013, right after NYSC.”
“Then we got a call to come to Abuja for a show. The payment was N1 million, and logistics will be taken care of. It was a wedding, so we took the trip.
“There was no flight from Abuja to Lagos. So we hired a car from Abuja to Benin. I led a solid prayer, and it was probably what ended up saving us.
“It was broad daylight, and we started the trip around 2 p.m. We fell asleep during the trip.
“Then we just heard a loud bang. We woke up to see these turban-tying, AK47-wielding, dangerous-looking men in the middle of the expressway.
“The bang we heard was a gunshot they had shot at the car. They shot at our car again, and the bullet came flying in between everyone. Everything happened so fast.
“They shot at us again, and the bullet hit the driver in the eye. The driver died instantly. The car started moving. It was wild. I remember seeing the car heading for a ditch and just thinking, this is it.
“Then we passed out. I was the first to come around. I got out of the car and saw one of the men asking, ‘Where is the money?’ I told him there was no money. He goes to the car looking for cash.
“We had left Abuja, but we hadn’t gotten to Lokoja. It was all forest. It was the peak of Boko Haram, and we were somewhere in the north.
“We started to hear sirens from far away. The police did not come near. At this point, they increased fire and started shooting. They later moved away from us and retreated.
“We tried to stop cars on the expressway, but not a single soul stopped. A police guy eventually came, and another guy said he was a doctor.”
After the incident, Falz expressed concern that his parents would not have permitted him to pursue his musical career.
