12 Popular Nigerian Singers Who Escaped Death In Major Car Accidents

Several Nigerian entertainers, including singers, have been fortunate to escape death in tragic accidents.

They have been involved in motor accident with some mild and others largely serious.

Some including Dagrin, McLoph and others died after involvement in accidents.

Recently, fast-rising rapper, Tochukwu Gbubemi Ojogwu aka Odumodublvck recently expressed gratitude for life after surviving a near fatal accident a few days before his successful outing in the Rivers State capital, Port-Harcourt

‘Ekelebe stunner’ shared a video of him surrounded by throngs of fans before climbing up the stage to the fore to a large crowd singing along to his songs while he performed

In the post, he appreciated the people of PortHarcourt for their support, awestruck at the love shown to him by the audience.

Hours later, he cited the tweet alongside images of cars that were irreparably damaged, one by the road and the other in the bush.

Captioning the post, he recalled surviving a terrible crash two days prior to his remarkable outing in PH.

Odumodublvck expressed gratitude to God for preventing the adversary from sabotaging his achievements as he reminisced on how his miraculous survival in the crash

He tweeted: “Survived a ghastly accident 2 days before this. So na wetin devil wan truncate be this? Lol. Yahweh level. Jesus Army. #EZIOKWU.”

Below are eleven other secular musical acts that have been involved in major car accidents but survived;

Danny Young

Singer, Ajibola Muyiwa Danladi aka Danny Young was involved in a car accident on June 25, 2010.

The accident occurred on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos on his way for a video shoot.

Fortunately, he still made it to the video shoot but fainted afterwards and was rushed to the hospital.

Skales

Born Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, singer and rapper Skales was involved in a car crash several years ago.

The accident occurred on 26 December 2011 after he and three friends departed a Christmas carnival at the Elegushi beach, Lekki.

The SUV conveying them, while attempting to avoid a pothole, ran into a ditch and somersaulted.

Though Skales survived the accident unscathed, it however, left one of the occupants dead and three others injured.

Sauce Kid

Singer, Babalola Falemi better known as Sauce Kid or “Sinzu” had an auto accident, which almost cost him his life on May 19, 2012.

The accident occured at the junction of the road connecting the Opebi Link Bridge and the road going towards Ojota, at Oregun Road, in Ikeja, Lagos.

It happened as the rapper was riding in a convoy of two other cars while coming from a Magodo-situated night club and heading for another club in Victoria Island.

He was reportedly in his Honda i-VTEC car when it collided with an Audi Q7 and was severely damaged.

Wizkid

Grammy-winning singer, Ayo Balogun aka Wizkid was involved in a car crash, after he left an event organized by Nokia. The event took place at the Oriental Hotel in Lekki, Lagos on June 15, 2013.

Somewhere in front of GET Arena, on the Lekki-Epe Expressway, he crashed his then newly-acquired Porsche Panamera.

Big Bird and his female companions were unhurt by the accident.

Two week after the accident, Wizkid got a new Panamera. The car was said to be worth about N10m at the time.

The accident was reportedly caused by the singer’s front tyre which flew out making the car spin several times before dragging itself along the sidewalk.

Niyola

‘Nightingale-voiced’ Eniola aka Niyola while driving from Lekki, Lagos, where she had just finished a meeting, had a car accident with her Honda CRV at 7 pm on February 22, 2014.

Another car that was attempting to overtake hers, rammed into her from behind.

As a result, her vehicle somersaulted three times before hitting a tree by the roadside. The singer came out of the wreckage with minor injuries.

This happened as she exited the Third Mainland Bridge at the Oworonshoki axis.

Jahbless

Music artiste, Olatunde Owoloye Olumoroti, popularly known as Jahbless was involved in a car crash with three other people in the early hours of June 4, 2015.

The accident occurred as the rapper and other occupants of the car were on their way back from a night performance.

Jahbless’ R class Mercedes Benz SUV was severely wrecked in the accident.

PSquare

The sensational singing Okoye twins, Peter aka Mr P and Paul aka Rudeboy were involved in a car crash as their vehicle collided with a lorry while returning from a Glo-organized event in Ibadan on August 20, 2015.

According to the report, the lorry rammed into their vehicle and dragged it for about 12 seconds. Luckily, no occupant of the ox-blood coloured Range Rover Sport was hurt.

Kizz Daniel

Musical sensation, Anidugbe Oluwatobiloba Daniel, popularly known as Kizz Daniel is a living testimony on why it is a very dangerous habit to operate your mobile while driving.

On January 12, 2016, the fast-rising star ran his car into a canal at the Lekki area in Lagos state. The accident occurred because he was texting while on the wheels.

Fortunately, Vado and another occupant of the car were rescued by passers-by. They came out of the car unscathed.

Victony

In 2022, exactly one year after surviving a fatal accident which confined him to a wheelchair for many months, singe Victor Anthony aka Victony expressed gratitude to God

The rapper was said to be returning home from a birthday party with his friends when the terrible incident occurred in the early hours of Monday April 26, 2021.

The accident claimed the life of one Doyin and left three others, including Vict0ny severely injured.

A surgery was carried out on him the next day.

After his surgery, the singer was confined to a wheelchair.

When he stood to perform for first time after the incident in December, many including his colleagues, were totally euphoric.

Amid cheers with assistance from the DMW boss and another person on stage, the singer stood from his seat to perform his hit single ‘Holy Father’ with Mayorkun at the ‘A Decade of Davido’ concert by Flytime entertainment.

Albeit after undergoing three major surgeries as a result of severe bone damage from the fatal crash, Victony can now walk again, dance and do all the things he used to do unassisted.

Burna Boy

Afro-fusion giant, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu aka Burna Boy was involved in a car accident in Lagos.

The self-proclaimed ‘African Giant’ was in his Ferrari when the incident happened on Saturday February, 26, 2022 in the Lekki axis.

The Ferrari that ‘Odogwu’ recently acquired at the time, which cost $282,000 was totally damaged.

According to the report burna Boy did not sustain any injury, and he could be seen moving to another car after the incident.

A lot of clips were posted online to show the music star was truly involved in an accident.

But to confirm the incident he posted it on its instastory on Sunday morning.

Confirming he crashed his Ferrari, the next morning via the insta story, the ‘Twice as Tall’ hit maker revealed his leg hurt but that he was fine.

“Yes it’s true. I had a bad accident in my Ferrari today. My leg just hurts a little but I’m fine,” Burna Boy wrote.

Portable

In July, 2021, street hop artiste, Habeeb Olalomi Oyegbile, popularly known as Portable survived yet another car accident.

In a trending video on social media, the singer’s then newly acquired G-Wagon could be seen damaged beyond recognition.

He later took to his Instagram page on Wednesday, July 13, to narrate the incidents leading to the car crash.

According to him, he was driving to the studio on June 12, when the heavy rain that caused the ghastly accident started. The singer went on to remind those ‘behind’ the automobile crash that contrary to their expectations, he survived it. 

The “Zazu” crooner also gave a list of things he still hopes to accomplish and bragged that he would buy another G-Wagon to replace the damaged one soon.

In March 2022, Portable crashed his Range Rover but attributed the accident to a “spiritual attack.”About two months later, the singer was involved in another car accident.

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Source: The Nation