The incident which reportedly occurred on the morning of Saturday September 21, 2013 saw the rapper fighting over a parking space outside Aqua Blue Lounge, Nairobi.
According to a statement by Gigiri Division Police boss Vitalis Otieno, Prezzo allegedly obstructed the military colonel (identity withheld) ‘When the military officer came back ready to go, an argument broke out over the parking slot which degenerated to an assault using a gun. We want him to report at Parklands’
According to reports, Prezzo allegedly hit the Swiss army colonel in the head with gun butt and also tried shooting him but was restrained by his bodyguards who dragged him off to his car and drove off.
Once source says: ‘the officer was forced to cancel his flight to Ethopia and was rushed to MP Shah Hospital for immediate treatment’.
The rapper who only recently returned from the U.S defended himself on twitter, saying ‘I got into an altercation with a foreigner who racially abused me n attacked me last night being human, I rightfully defended myself’ He tweeted.
CMB Prezzo is one of the most renowned rappers in East Africa. He released his debut album ‘Naleta Action’ in 2004 which included hits like ‘Naleta Action’, ‘Lets Get Down’ ‘Mahangaiko’, ‘Leo ni Leo’, ‘Mimi na Wewe’, ‘Mafans’ among others.
