Nigerian music executive Michael Collins Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, addressed an old police-related incident from his early days in the United Kingdom, denying claims that he fled the scene of a car accident to avoid law enforcement.
The controversy resurfaced after his former associate, Bankulli, shared the story while explaining why he left out certain details in an Afrobeats documentary.
According to Bankulli, the incident involved a young Don Jazzy, who allegedly abandoned his damaged vehicle and removed the number plate to escape possible consequences.
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Bankulli said the car crash happened while Don Jazzy was still struggling to survive in London and trying to build a career.
He claimed the producer fell asleep at the wheel after returning from a show and collided with another object, damaging the car beyond repair.
In his words, “I refused to put a particular story about Don Jazzy in the Afrobeats documentary. Because Don Jazzy was trying to survive in London, he had an accident and the car got destroyed. Don Jazzy abandoned the car.
He was coming from a show and he fell asleep while driving and crashed his car. He left the car, removed the plate number and ran away. Why? Because you would pay more to carry the car away from there than to repair it. But look at Jazzy now, he has fleets of cars.”
One X user reacted sharply to Bankulli’s claims, warning that his comments might create trouble for Don Jazzy if he visited the UK. The user expressed fear that the authorities could reopen a case from many years ago now that the incident had been made public.
The post read, “With this reckless talk from Bankulli, I really hope Don Jazzy isn’t planning a trip to London. They can reopen a 20-year-old case.”
However, Don Jazzy quickly responded and dismissed the suggestion that he had ever escaped the police.
In a reply on X, he clarified that the story had been exaggerated and that Bankulli did not remember the details correctly.
Don Jazzy explained that he did not run away from the scene. Instead, he said he stayed and waited for police officers to arrive.
The officers carried out a breathalyser test to determine whether he had driven under the influence of alcohol. According to him, the test came back clean.
He wrote, “Lol no panic. It’s been so long, so he doesn’t remember the story exactly. I actually waited for the police. They came and gave me a breathalyser to determine if I was drunk. I wasn’t, but the car was impounded. The fine to collect the car back was more than the cheap car, so I left it with them lol.”
