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By Emmanuel Adeleke
Nigerian singer, Daniel Anidugbe, also known as Kizz Daniel, has seized the delivery bus of a laundry company in Lagos for allegedly damaging his clothes.
Kizz Daniel, according to The PUNCH, recently took delivery of his clothes from the company, and observed that some of his clothes had been damaged.
Annoyed by the discovery, the artiste reportedly put a call through to the management of the laundry company and asked them to send a representative to pick up some of his dirty clothes, which the company did immediately.
The story, however, changed when the driver got to Kizz Daniel’s residence and was prevented from leaving the premises.
“Kizz Daniel usually gives his clothes to a dry cleaner; so, he called the dry cleaner to visit his house to pick up some of his dirty clothes. When the dry cleaner’s driver got to his house, he (Kizz Daniel) locked him inside the compound.
“He said he won’t allow them to take the vehicle because some of his clothes that the laundry company recently delivered had been damaged. Apparently, the call he made to the dry cleaner was not to pick up his dirty clothes; it was for him to seize the company’s vehicle because of the claim that the dry cleaner damaged his clothes.
“Kizz Daniel said if the laundry company does not pay him N14m, he won’t release the vehicle.
“The driver pleaded with him but he instructed the driver to leave his house. So, while returning to the office, the driver visited the Ilasan Police Station to make a report.
“Policemen at the station visited his house, recovered the vehicle to the station and officially wrote to him to visit the station for questioning for committing an offence bordering on illegal seizure,” the medium quoted a source as saying.
The police, upon retrieving the vehicle from Kizz Daniel, released it to the laundry company as investigation into the case is still ongoing.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident, adding that Kizz Daniel took the law into his hands.
“He unlawfully seized a laundry company’s vehicle. The police went there, recovered the vehicle and invited him over to make a statement as to what happened. We are still expecting him but his lawyer said he would come on Tuesday.
“It is criminal to seize people’s property against their will and the proper thing is prosecution. Nobody should take the law into their hands by seizing anybody’s property. If you are aggrieved or somebody has offended you, seek appropriate redress.
“If it is a criminal matter, go to the police; if it is a civil matter, you can sue the person or seek alternative dispute resolution instead of taking laws into your hands. It could lead to a breakdown of law and order,” Hundeyin said
Recall that Kizz Daniel was arrested for failing to perform at a show in Tanzania, on Monday.
The show’s promoter, Steven Ukah, a Nigerian who spoke to media personality, Daddy Freeze, via an Instagram Live Chat, disclosed that Kizz Daniel was paid $60,000 for the performance.
He further said the artiste refused to perform because his luggage which contained his clothes and jewelry was yet to arrive from Uganda where he performed earlier.