Nigerian singer Yemi Alade lost valuables to robbers in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire where she went to perform over the weekend.
Alade announced the incident on her Instagram page on Monday. She disclosed that the thieves got into her hotel room in her absence and ransacked her belongings, stealing all the money they could find.
“A few minutes after I left my room, some unknown people decided to go through my things and steal: all the money they could find 🙌🙌🙌🙌 Very good,” she wrote.
Alade was in Côte d’Ivoire for the Creative Africa Nexus Weekend (CANEX WKND), a 3-day gathering of creatives from Africa and the Diaspora.
The event was hosted by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Union and the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and was a prelude to the next Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) Summit at IATF2023.
But responding to well-wishers’ concerns, Alade noted “they are investigating, looking through cameras and all but she knows the money is all gone by now.
“The suspects are all denying,” she retorted.
