It has been Five years now since Nigerian fast-rising rapper
Oladapo Olaitan Olaonipekun popularly known as Dagrin met his untimely death in an ill-fated car crash. The crashed cars has been reportedly abandoned at the
Lagos State University, Ojo Campus. According to
NETNG, The car was abandoned due to a misunderstanding between the LASU Students’ Union and show promoters who brought the crashed car to the institution.
A member of the Students’ Union revealed that the car was brought to the school as a side attraction for the screening of the late rapper’s biopic,
Ghetto Dreamz produced by
Ope Banwo‘s
Stingomania Records in 2011. The movie was produced to celebrate the life and times of the hip-hop artist.
Speaking to
NET, a former Social Director of the Students Union,
Ahmed Jimoh, who was in office during the period, said Ope Banwo abandoned the car because he could not pay the money agreed with the students’ body. Upon asking how much the money is, Jimoh gave the figure as N20k, an amount he said was earlier agreed upon before the movie was shown on campus.
‘There was a negotiation between the student union through my office that a sum of N20,000 would be paid to the union’S purse before the film could be shown, they initially gave me a cheque which bounced. After then, I tried communicating with Barr. Banwo’s people but they didn’t give me an audience until my tenure elapsed,’ Jimoh told NET. ‘Since then the car has been abandoned inside the school even as I speak with you,’ he added....
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