Rickman and Lumala are close accomplices from their days in Sweden as footballers at Savedalen IF a couple of years back.
Vipers SC winger Abdu Lumala expressed a massive concern after his friend and musician Rickman Manrick got beaten in a bar, allegedly by fellow artist Grenade Official.
Rickman, real name Derrick Ddungu, was hit with a sharp object believed to be a glass that left him with bleeding lips, much to the concern of Lumala.
"Funny thing I remember in lockdown whenever the police came around, you know what, Rickman made sure I was safe, that was the bro code," Rickman said on his Instagram.
"But, yesterday, all the fake niggahs who were around my brother, they did nothing; it hurts," the former Uganda Cranes attacker added.
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"Those **** are so unbelievable: why move with a star if you know you are weak you can't protect him in such moments," he criticised.
"You just want good moments just sitting near his table, eat for free, drink for free," Lumala added in disgust.
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Rickman and Lumala are close accomplices from their days in Sweden as footballers at Savedalen IF a couple of years back.
Lumala, currently at Vipers, has endured a tough past two years courtesy of the unending nagging injuries.
However, having had full preseason training with the Venoms, he is expected to play a starring role in his side's quest for domestic glory.