‘I was almost burnt alive with my gang’ – Daddy Showkey

He claimed that he and a few other young men had terrorized residents with a gun they had found at a trash dump until the day they were apprehended and nearly lynched.

Speaking in the preview for the next episode of the podcast "The Honest Bunch," Daddy Showkey revealed how, when they were miraculously saved, he and his group were already tied up and ready to be set on fire.

The veteran musician claimed that anyone could achieve greatness if they put in the necessary effort, given his ability to rise to legendary stature in spite of a difficult upbringing.

He uttered:

“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.

“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.”

He disclosed that one of his gang members was later caught and lynched to death.

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“Dem tie us. Dem wan burn us”

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