Prince Abioye

Prince Abioye of Mazunda was a suspect in the murder investigation of SOMBRA assassin Kayla Pieterse in Kicking the Bucket (Case #39 of World Edition).

Profile
Prince Abioye is the 37-year old prince of Mazunda. He has black hair and mustache and dons black and yellow clothing. It is known that he speaks Afrikaans and goes yachting.

Role in Case(s)
The team first arrived in South Africa in search of the prince, hoping to learn why SOMBRA is after him. After a lot of searching, Jack and the player finally spoke to the prince after finding the tracking device his bodyguard was using. When informed of the attempt on his life, Abioye went into a panic since he thought he was safe. But before Jack could ask him why SOMBRA would be after him, he ran off again in a panic hoping to hide.

Later, he appeared when Jack and the player were discussing in the yachting club whether to trust the prince or not as he was hiding information. His bodyguard, Willem Nieuwoudt, came just in time and took a bullet to the shoulder after someone tried to shoot the prince there. Willem was then taken to the hospital.

Abioye was interrogated again after his dandruff was found on the victim's ID card. He said he did meet the victim, but it was only once when he was at a yacht party with Willem. He overheard her trying to sweet-talk Willem into giving her details about his schedule, but Willem did not fall for it. He decided to steal her ID to run a profile on, but he lost it in Soweto before anything could be done with it. Plus, he still refused to say anything about why SOMBRA could be after him. Jack and the player then put him in protective custody as his bodyguard was out of commission.

In the end, the Prince was found to be innocent after the team incarcerated Kwanele Mthembu for Kayla's murder. However, Jack and the player had to speak with him again to return his itinerary. To repay them, he finally decided to trust them enough to explain why he was being targeted by SOMBRA. According to Abioye, SOMBRA had been smuggling diamonds through his nation. He tried to fight it but SOMBRA retaliated, threatening his people. To protect his people, the Prince fled the country raising awareness around the continent of the smuggling. When asked about why Lavinia De Brills thought he knew something about her missing diamonds, he supposed she wanted to seek his expertise.

Case Appearances

 * The Circle of Death (Case #38 of World Edition; mentioned)
 * Kicking the Bucket (Case #39 of World Edition)
 * Diamond in the Rough (Case #40 of World Edition; mentioned)

Trivia

 * This character may be inspired by that of American actor Eddie Murphy in the 1988 American romantic comedy film Coming to America.
 * Mazunda, hometown of Abioye, is an allusion to Zamunda, hometown of Prince Akkem, Murphy's character in this film.