14th November, 2016
Nigerian singer and songwriter Oritsefemi Majemite Ekele known by his first name OritseFemi has been involved in a fight where he stabbed a bouncer in the eye in Club Quilox in Lagos.
The ‘Double Wahala” crooner who featured in Malaika’s “Stop The Violence” in 2014 seems not to practice what he preaches as he has currently gotten himself into big ‘wahala’ with the police over the weekend.
Club Quilox has since issued an official statement following the recent occurrence involving Oritsefemi at the club.
Read the full statement below:
At about 2 am on Saturday, 13th of Nov. 2016, Oritsefemi came into Quilox without prior reservations or table bookings. Tables are allocated to customers who have made prior paid table bookings in advance of their arrival except such customer is a patron or member of the club.
However, Oritsefemi who did not fall into any of the categories above approached a patron’s table-of-six and pleaded to be accommodated, with the understanding that other guests of the said patron were still been expected.
In a surprising turn of events, Oritsefemi who was drinking from the patron’s bottle attempted to sit 8 of his guests at the table, the surprised patron strongly rejected such effrontery and invited the bouncer guarding the floor to intervene.
The bouncer politely approached Oritsefemi and told him the patrons’ guests were still being expected, but Oritsefemi, in a fit of unprovoked rage, slapped the bouncer then proceeded to break a glass in his hand and stabbing him in the eye.
The scene quickly became rowdy as other customers rushed to the table and confronted the artiste for his violent behaviour, our security team quickly stepped in to salvage the situation by carrying Oritsefemi out of the club.
Oritsefemi faced by an enraged crowd outside and perhaps realizing the gravity of his offence pretended to collapse. The artiste and the bouncer were subsequently rushed to a nearby hospital
The bouncer affected later pressed charges at Bar Beach police station, where Oritsefemi accepted his offence and pleaded for mercy, he was granted bail at 12pm on the 13th of Nov. and advised to report back to the station on Tuesday. 15th Nov. 2016.
We were hesitant to release a press statement as several well-meaning people have attempted to intercede on behalf of the artiste, but after his malicious and grossly false account of the events that occurred, it is only fair that we defend the integrity and ethos of our organization.
See people’s reactions below:
onyinsteph Quilox bouncers deserves more slap from me for not stabbing dat tout in d eye. Oloriburuku omo ale.
teejayyoung190 He is mad
teejayyoung190 N should be locked in a psychiatric hospitalits_picoI knew his story didn’t make up from the onset.
iam_igbinedionsammy Only those around the table area could tell the truth if they ain’t gonna be economical with it. Both Bouncer, Oritsefemi and Quilox management are all lying.
10perceWhat do you expect from Agbero wey get small money.
kosyval1Sue the bastard! Quilox can make a whole lotta money if they press charges.
oladipupo_indo@orekelewa_mi Na delta boi
mr_honeywellWe would do the same thing to him when he comes to SA ..
kenbreezy46Amazing how people can easily be swayed with words. all parties are lying. Someone just attacked unprovoked and stab another man in the eye. Abegy
dew_dropp_@kosyval1 in naija abi another country??
faajihousebjD bouncer politely approached Oritsefemi and in a fit of unprovoked rage, slapped the bouncer then proceeded to breaking a glass in his hand and stabbing him in the eye… Bcos Femi nah broken bottle? D story no join at all…. U guys should try and put ur stories right b4 making it public. D public ain’t dat dumb .
adefolarinwabaminle Lies.
kosyval1I don’t care who’s at fault,but he has to be brought to book for inflicting bodily injury on the bouncer!
@clubquilox suev the bastard! Him go know say Nigerian court dey functional.
deyel_toroMajority of d public r dumb dear dats why d hav 2 put d story like dat few understand like u @faajihousebj
faajihousebj If really quilox club came out with ds statement then dat club should be closed…. Oritsefemi faced by an enraged crowd then realizing d gravity of his offence pretended to collapse… Ds club go don secretly kill people b4 for ds kind statement… Una beat person up mercilessly come here dey send im pretend.. Holy Ghost fire!!!
sunrisekiss This their story doesn’t add up only fools and morons will believe
mobbysglamcoutureHaba this cut is too deep abeg 👎👎👎👎👎
kmopelola U don’t stab or use weapons on others except its life threatening, I wonder what we teach our kids
mojesolaa What if he died?
Club Quilox has been known to be a place where stars always involve in fights since Wizkid, Dammy Krane, Davido among others have at one time or the other gotten violent in the club.
Oritsefemi is best known for his remake of Fela Kuti’s “Double Wahala” song. His rendition of the song earned him two nominations at the 2014 City People Entertainment Awards, winning the award for Most Popular Song of the Year. He also won the Indigenous Artist of the Year award at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. In the same year, he released the remix for his version of the song featuring D’banj.
Jennifer Okundia