Daddy Showkey recalls how he was almost burnt alive

By Chinyere Nnaemeka

A popular Nigerian Singer, addressed as Daddy Showkey has recollected how he would have been burnt alive.

The singer disclosed this in a snippet of the upcoming episode of ‘The Honest Bunch’ podcast.

He narrated that when he was still a young boy, that he alongside his gang, found a gun at a refuse dump in Ikorodu, Lagos State, and began using it to terrorise people in the area.

He continued that they ran out of luck on one fateful day as they were caught and almost lynched but were miraculously saved.

According to him,“I was in a gang back in the day. I won’t lie. Some of us found a gun where we used to pick valuables from refuse dump in Ikorodu. We started using the gun to terrorise the area.

“One day, when we were out in our usual style, someone saw us and started screaming, ‘thieves, thieves, thieves.’ Then we started running, but we were apprehended. They tied us up. They were about to burn us, but we were saved miraculously, ‘Daddy Showkey disclosed’.

He therefore averred that if he could attain legendary status despite his turbulent childhood experience, anyone could achieve greatness if they worked towards it.

“I am a living testimony for every young person, because if I can be alive today and still become Daddy Showkey, then there’s hope for everyone.”