Panshak Zamani, the Nigerian rapper and singer better known as Ice Prince, has shared his personal account of his time in prison In September 2022, he was sent to the Ikoyi Correctional Centre in Lagos after being accused of assaulting a police officer.
Ice Prince was eventually released after meeting his bail requirements. Reflecting on this difficult period in a recent episode of the ‘Listen’ podcast, he described his time in jail as a dreadful experience.
He said, “Whatever story you were told is not what happened. The case is over now, so I can talk about it. I spent six days in jail. I didn’t get preferential treatment. It’s prison, so there was no preferential treatment. I’m not talking about a police cell.
“I have seen a lot of celebrities and public figures who went to police cells come out to brag as if they went through some sht. If you’ve never been to prison, you ain’t seen sht yet. I can’t explain it. It’s a different world. I don’t pray for my worst enemy to experience it. You have to be careful out there because mistakes can take you there. There are so many innocent people in there. It wasn’t a good experience.
“But I made friends in there. We hung out, chatted. It’s a different institution of higher learning.”
On what led him to prison, Ice Prince claimed he was only joking with the police officer he allegedly assaulted when he drove off after the officer entered his car during a stop-and-search operation.
