OH NO! ROBBERS ATTACK MR. NIGERIA - SHOT 7 TIMES

It is just emerging that model and rugged macho man Kenneth Okolie, who is the current Mr. Nigeria, and who was second runner up at the Mr. World 2010, was ambushed and shot seven times last week by a gang of armed robbers. According to reports, the attack took place on Tuesday (January 4), along Festac Road (Lagos) in the evening. Some of his attackers rode up to his car on a motorcycle, while some were already positioned on the street ready for the ambush. They shot in the air to scare people off and proceeded to dispossess Kenneth of valuables worth close to N350,000 ($2300). The robbers took their heels when residents of the area began to raise the alarm, but not before shooting Festus seven times, leaving him by his Prado jeep bleeding profusely. Luckily the injuries which Festus received were not fatal. He was quickly rushed off to the hospital by kind-hearted residents of the area, where 6 bullets were removed from his body.

Speaking on the incident, Kenneth said:

‘I was driving on the street so I slowed down. All of a sudden some guys just came out from nowhere on a bike and on the side walk. I wanted to move but one of them just shot in the air so I had to come down slowly. They took my chains, white gold, and wristwatch, wallet containing my complementary cards, ID card and ATM card but there was no money in the wallet. All the things they took from me amounted to N350, 000 or thereabout and I was trying to plead with them but they cursed in Yoruba language. I was shot seven times but six bullets have been removed already’, he tells us.

He has been discharged from the hospital, and is currently recuperating from his injuries. According to him:

‘I can’t really stretch my head but I’m walking well with my legs. I’ve been discharged from the hospital but still receiving medications’

We wish Kenneth a speedy recovery.