Pasuma Denies Involvement In Hit-And-Run Murder Allegation

Prominent Fuji singer Wasiu Alabi Pasuma had been the
subject of news stories that his convoy killed a young boy,
and has now come out to say he had no involvement in the
incident.
Speaking through his manager, Afolabi Oyekoya, Pasuma
said there is no truth in the allegation while condemning the
stories on the Internet that the his convoy hit a young boy.
According to the stories, one of the convoys of the fuji star
ran over a teenage fan after Pasuma's vehicle had knocked
down the victim on their way back from a show at Idimu-
Council area of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos
State.
The victim, simply known as Bidemi, a 12-year old and fan
of the singer, was said to have been lurking around to get a
glimpse of the star as he was leaving the St. Augustine
Events Hall, Isheri-Idimu, venue of the said show.
However, Oyekoya said it was saddening that some people
would peddle such 'heavy rumours' in order to drag
somebody's name to the mud."In fact, I don't even want to
talk about this. It is simply sad that one's image would be
spoilt just like this. If Pasuma had killed anybody, don't
you think he should have been in the police custody by
now? Pasuma wasn't invited by the police. Nobody arrested
him. Nobody invited him for questioning. So how would
anybody just come out and say that Pasuma killed
somebody?"
Oyekoya admitted that a young boy was killed but he
insisted that it wasn't Pasuma's vehicle that knocked him
down. Earlier on, a source who had claimed he was an
eyewitness, blamed the police for the accident.
"We went for a show at Idimu. After the show, a crowd of
area boys came to meet us and as usual, Pasuma gave them
N100, 000. Anytime he goes for shows like that, he
normally asks for the leader of the boys in the area and he
gives them N100, 000. After he gave them the money, he
drove off but there was a police patrol vehicle behind
us."Probably, when the police saw the crowd, they must
have thought something dangerous was happening. It must
have been the police's van that killed the young boy and
they even seized the corpse. The family of the boy had to
pay before the corpse was released. It has nothing to do
with Paso," the source said.