I think those Nigerian brothers sang like canaries..according to a fox news source, you can see Smollett on video walking to his apartment HOLDING a Subway sandwich bag, also something the brothers told the cops changed everything..they sang, they were hired to do something, so legally they are both innocent of a crime they did nothing wrong except what they were told to do
It’s possible that somehow Smollett tried to use the Nigerians as part of a cover story, and that what they told the police incriminated Smollett without incriminating themselves.