Lamboginny, a former prison officer, who has been performing at various
prisons for over 9 years, launched his debut album in the midst of over
4,000 inmates of the Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, Lagos.
His
new album is titled, “SALT” which is an acronym for ‘Saving All Lives
Together’. The singer hopes to save lives by aiding the rehabilitation
of prison inmates. He is charging them to be good individuals despite
their past, with the hope that one day, they will regain freedom
Lamboginny has pulled off one of the most unprecedented moves in Nigeria music; the singer launched his debut album “SALT” in a prison.
Lamboginny,
a former prison officer, who has been performing at various prisons for
over 9 years, launched his debut album in the midst of over 4,000
inmates of the Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, Lagos.
Hosted by OAP and hypeman, Dotun, the inmates had the reason to smile again as they danced and sang along to music supplied by DJ Jimmy JATT.
Other major performance includes Small Doctor, Mz Kizz, Ozzybosco, and Munachi Abii.
During
his time as a prison officer, Lamboginny interacted with a lot of
inmates, following their daily lives and understanding their plight. To
him, he could connect with their pain and trials, which led him to the
understanding that the only time inmates experience happiness are during
outreach from organisations and people of influence.
Speaking about meeting a young boy at Kirikiri prison
who was arrested for street hawking, Lamboginny advised the government
to seek other positive forms of discipline .
“The
government should re-channel such offenders’s energy into something
useful. The ones I have helped, they are all loyal to me. So If I wanted
to turn them around for something negative, I would have done that, but
I felt I should step in and do this. I do all these by myself, I go to
prisons and attend to these people.”
Pulse reviewed Lamboginny’s “SALT” alum and scored it 3/5, with the caveat:
“Sometimes it’s difficult to come to terms with the delivery on some
records, but the swing of the project which scrapes through multiple
genres carries through to the end, and provides considerable high
moments to hold on to.”
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