Nigerian rapper Speed Darlington has defended his action after he was filmed on the street of Lagos dragging with an Okada rider he refused to pay.

A video emerged on social media on Tuesday showing the United States returnee engaging a commercial motorcycle operator in a confrontation over an argument on his fare which he refused to pay.

In the video which has since gone viral, Speed Darlington was seen fleeing the scene at Yaba area after forcefully securing his bag from the Okada rider he was dragging it with.

He took to his Instagram page on Wednesday to explain the motive behind his action.

He said he decided to end his trip and flee over suspicion that the Okada rider was trying to rob him of his newly-acquired jewelry which according to him is worth N2 million.

Darlington explained:

“How do you know that this bike man was not setting me up to rob me?

“Who picks up a passenger go halfway then shut the engine off and begin to make phone calls?

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“My whole brain & street instincts told me that I was being set up to be robbed. Plus I had my 2 million jewelry on me so I left him with 500 naira, our agreement was 2000 from Ikeja to Lekki but when he begin to do other business on my time my antennas begin to radiate on maximum frequency. + I told myself police extort me 2 hours ago so I wasn’t gonna let him do me like the police did me two hours early.”

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How do you know that this bike man was not setting me up to rob me? who picks up a passenger go halfway then shut the engine off and begin to make phone calls? my whole brain & street instincts told me that I was being set up to be robbed. Plus I had my 2 million jewelry on me so I left him with 500 naira, our agreement was 2000 from Ikeja to lekki but when he begin to do other business on my time my antennas begin to radiate on maximum frequency. + I told myself police extort me 2 hours ago so I wasn’t gonna let him do me like the police did me two hours early ??.

A post shared by Speed Darlington (@speeddarlingtv) on Jan 15, 2020 at 2:43am PST