Peller: How prison saved me from death weeks to my wedding

By Tolulope Oke

Popular TikToker Habeeb Hamzat, better known as Peller, has revealed how spending four days in police detention may have saved him from a fatal road accident just weeks before his wedding.

Peller, who is set to marry on August 1, 2026, disclosed that he was supposed to travel in the car involved in the crash but could not make the journey because he was in detention.

Speaking on the Honest Bunch Podcast, the content creator said he and socialite Sam Larry had planned to visit someone at a hotel on the day of the accident.

However, Peller had been arrested for allegedly driving without a number plate at night in Lagos and spent four days in a police cell.

“I was supposed to be in Sam Larry’s car the day he had the car accident because we planned to go see someone in a hotel that day, but I was in prison,” he said.

“I spent four days inside the cell. I had evidence on my phone of the police harassing me, and they were begging me to delete it.

“Thank God for saving my life while in the cell.”

Sam Larry was involved in a road accident along the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway earlier in July.

The vehicle conveying him and his bodyguard reportedly collided with a trailer and was severely damaged.

Although Sam Larry survived the accident, his bodyguard died.

Peller’s revelation comes shortly after he and his fiancée announced that their wedding would take place on August 1, 2026.