Auto Crash: Obesere Escapes Death
Friday, April 13, 2012Omoba
Fate stepped in on
Easter Sunday to rescue self-styled Paramount King of Music, Abass Akande
Obesere, from crossing the threshold between life and death after surviving a
horrendous car accident in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. Obesere was reported to be
returning to Lagos around 8:30pm from a performance engagement in Ijebu Ode
when his driver, Femi, lost the control of the Lexus jeep LX470 and careened
into the bush where it rammed into a tree.
Though all the occupants of the jeep
– four of them – including the musician were injured, no life was lost. After
getting first aid treatment in a nearby hospital, they were moved back to Lagos
on Monday and are currently undergoing treatment at Orisunmade Hospital,
Jakande Estate, Isolo, Lagos.
In a chat with
Obesere days after the accident, he debunked insinuations that his driver must
have been drunk.
“Femi doesn’t take alcohol and when we go to shows like that I always give him time to rest and he doesn’t partake in our music performance. I was even having a phone call with my eyes gazed at him when the jeep swerved into the bush. It was a terrible occurrence, but I thank God that nobody died.”
Through suppressed
pains, he jocularly tells E-Punch that after the accident, he now wishes to be
addressed as Jagaban in deference to the never-say-die spirit of the former
Lagos State governor and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) party leader, Asiwaju
Bola Ahmed, who he just released a commemorative album for.
Ani ri iru e mo ooooo. Thank God you are safe....
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