NIGERIAN GOSPEL SINGER SAYS UK POLICE PROFILED HIM AS SUSPECT AFTER ROBBERY REPORT

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Nigerian gospel singer and broadcaster Muyiwa Olarewaju, based in the UK, has shared his experience of being wrongly treated as a suspect after narrowly escaping a robbery attempt earlier this year.

In a video posted on his Twitter account, Olarewaju recalled the February incident, which took place around 5:30 a.m. while he was on his way to work.

He explained that a young white man tried to break into his car by smashing a window. After fleeing the scene and arriving safely at work, he alerted the police and reported the event, directing them to surveillance cameras in the area.

“I told the police where the cameras were in that area, the fact that the guy had smashed up my window, and the worrying and all that it caused,” Olarewaju said.

However, the situation took an unexpected turn when the police, after reviewing the camera footage, began to investigate him instead.

“Immediately after the police got in touch with me, the next thing was they now began an investigation where I was now the suspect,” he said. “Yes, I was now the suspect.”

The singer explained that despite being the one who reported the attack, he was called in for questioning and had to hire a lawyer to defend himself.