Speed Darlington, the US-based Nigerian rapper, has taken to
social media to lament over the alleged looting of his car by yet-to-be-identified
individuals after it landed at Lagos port from the United States.
In a video shared on his Instagram page, the musician said
his car arrived in the country on July 20 shortly before this year’s Sallah
celebration.
Darlington also said he paid the sum of N550,000 to
transport the car from his base in the US to Nigeria.
The singer added that when he eventually got the car, all
the items kept inside the vehicle had been looted while several parts of the
car were also defaced.
According to him, officials at the port allegedly used a
forklift to push his car from the ship after it failed to start.
He decried the failure of regulatory agencies at the port,
adding that several items he had toiled to gather for years were stolen in the
process.
“Look at what they did to my car. This is not the car that I
left in the US. Nigeria is full of hate. All this was not there when I dropped
this car off. Five hundred fifty thousand naira, I’m not rich but in the
middle-class,” he said.
“Look at what they did to my car after paying $1200. How
much does a man have to pay for his properties to be taken care of? So my car
didn’t start and you decided to use a forklift to push my car, really? After
all that fees.
“Look at my car trunk, it’s empty, they took everything
including all my tools worth over $500. Two fuel pumps, speaker, and others.
“My car landed on July 20 and the next day was Sallah. Just
two days holiday and they did this to me. I have all types of personal tools in
the car…speaker, amplifier, inverter.
“It’s so hard to make it in Nigeria. They took everything
from the inside and outside. The agent that I contracted was a useless one,
I’ll never hire him again.
“After paying
N550,000 this man came back to ask me for another N5,000. I don’t know what
they told you guys but I’m not rich. This cannot happen in the US after paying
$1,200.
“Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and ship offloaders don’t have a battery to charge someone’s car even after I paid N550,000. When a car is parked for a month or plus, there’s a chance it’ll not start so my mine is not the first.”
He went on to curse those responsible for the looting of his
car, saying they will “suffer till death”.
“You that stole my years of accumulation will never make in
life. As you move around with my looted items, you’ll be knocked down by a
vehicle. Such a person will manage till his last days on earth. You’ll suffer
till death,” he added.
In a post accompanying the video, he also narrated how
police officials “attempted to extort” him while still grappling with the
looting of his car.
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