Popular Ijaw musician, Barrister Smooth lost his driver and about N5m in a recent robbery in Warri, Delta State.
His driver, Nkem Chidobe, who was accompanied by a colleague, had gone to the bank to withdraw money for his boss, little did he know that he won’t make it home alive.
Chidobe is said to have swerved while trying to evade a gang that was chasing him on his way back from the bank, but a bullet through his chest took his life.
Another hit the car tyre and forced the Mercedes Benz E-Class he was driving to somersault several times and only come to a stop against a church fence along Mabiaku Road.
‘The armed robbers who had been trailing the late driver opened fire and a bullet hit the car tyre, while another bullet hit the driver on the chest. He died on the spot,’ a source told Punch in the state.
His colleague however managed to escape the incident by jumping over the church fence as the gunmen missed multiple shots fired at him.
Delta State Police Commissioner, Zanna Ibrahim has confirmed the incident, and he assured that the suspects would soon be arrested.
The deceased’s corpse has reportedly been taken to the morgue of the Warri Central Hospital.
Soja Smooth, whose stage name his Barrister Smooth, is one of the most popular Nigerian musicians in the Niger Delta region who has performed alongside comedians Ali Baba, Bovi and Gordons in the past.