Usman Baba, the Inspector-General of Police, has spoken against the shooting involving the police escorts connected to Grammy winner, Damini Ogulu, well known as Burna Boy. The shooting was said to have occurred at Club Cubana in Victoria Island, Lagos State.
This was confirmed in a Twitter post made by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, on Sunday.
The Tweet read, “The police personnel alleged and identified in the shooting incident at Club Cubana in Victoria Island, Lagos, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, have been taken into custody and are being investigated for their involvement in the incident.
“The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, who describes the circumstances surrounding the incident as unbelievable, has however condemned, in the strongest terms, the unfortunate incident.
“Consequently, the IGP has directed the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Abiodun Alabi, to carry out a thorough investigation into the matter and forward his report as urgent as possible for further action.”
Earlier, the Lagos State Police Commissioner’s Special Squad detained five policemen attached to Burna Boy, for attempted murder after they shot two people — Irebami Lawrence and another identified as Tolu, at Club Cubana on Wednesday.
According to a preliminary report by the Bar Beach Police Division, the disturbance started when the singer and five police escorts visited the nightclub around 4am on the 8th of June.
About four policemen were outside while one of the policemen, identified as Inspector Ibrahim, on mufti, accompanied Burna Boy into the club.
Multiple witness statements had it that the singer was in the VIP section with three women when he spotted another woman.
It was said that Burna Boy told Ibrahim to invite the woman to join him. However, the lady’s husband was said to have rebuked the singer, insisting that it was disrespectful for any man to make advances at his wife.
After some minutes, Burna Boy was said to have made more advances at the woman which further upset her husband and his friends who had gathered at the club.
“As things were getting heated, Ibrahim brought out his service pistol and shot multiple times while Burna Boy was laughing,” said a senior policeman.
27-year-old Lawrence was shot in the thigh while his friend, Tolu, was hit in the head by a bullet.
According to reports, Burna Boy and his crew then drove off to one of his properties at the Elegushi, Lekki-Epe Expressway before leaving for Lekki Phase 1.
“Aware of what he had done, Burna Boy took the next flight out without even informing the policemen. He only made a video call to them to inform them that he had travelled to Spain.
All his police escorts have been arrested and are currently at the Command headquarters,” said a top source at the office of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, according to Punch.
