Veteran Nollywood actor, Chidi Mokeme has escaped an attack by unknown men in the Lekki area of Lagos State.
Narrating his ordeal, Mokeme on Instagram said he was on his way to the airport to catch up with an international flight when someone double-crossed him.
His car was damaged and glasses shattered as he said the robbers may have been targeting his Louis Vuitton bags on the back seat.
Sharing a video of his damaged car, Mokeme wrote: âSo here I was, stuck in Lagos traffic, in front of VGC to be precise, wondering if, and when I was going to make it in time for my international flight, praying my driver makes it there before me to pick up the car (he had gone to look for small basket of agbalumo/udala that I wanted to surprise my sis with.
âOne part of my brain was manoeuvring the truck, and still baffled at how Lagos residents always manage to turn a two-lane road into twelve lanes and still survive!
âFor my eye like this, google maps was recalculating my ETA from a 2hrs journey to 3hrs and rising and I hadnât driven up to 100 meters.
âAll of a sudden, out of nowhere, I noticed a white Honda Accord try to box me in, someone jumped in front of my truck and started signalling âStop there, I say stop there.â
âIn that split second, I had assessed the situation â plain clothes, no uniform, hand reaching inside pants, accomplice running over from the other side of the road, getaway car idling, I took the only option, almost ran him over and climbed the culvert, dashing into the service lane to oncoming vehicles.
âI caught a quick glimpse of the guy in the rear, next thing I heard was a loud explosion, glass shattering and shrapnelâs all over me in all directions.
âMy first reaction was âWhat the F^k? I refused to stop because âStoppingâ is the expected and predictable reaction.
âMy head just told me to keep it moving and take control of the situation. DONâT STOPâ. But I wanted blood so badly I could taste it in my guts. Guess what I did? I did the only thing that made #ChidiSense to me âFocus on catching my flight, so I kept it moving.â
The actor went ahead to thank everyone for their prayers, adding that he made it safely to the airport.
âThanks for all the concerns, prayers and well wishes. I did make it safely to the airport, had a few seconds to assess the damage and moved on.
âThat side window was a small price to pay compared to who knows what else could have happened.
âWhatever, God pass them,â he wrote.
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Lekki: Chidi Mokeme escapes robbery attack, narrates ordeal [VIDEO]