The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered a probe into the alleged shooting involving police escorts attached to the Grammy award-winning artiste, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, at Club Cubana on Victoria Island, Lagos State.
A preliminary report by the Bar Beach Police Division said that trouble began when the singer and five police escorts visited the nightclub around 4 am on June 8.
About four policemen waited outside while one of the policemen, identified as Inspector Ibrahim, who was in mufti, accompanied the artiste into the club.
However, it was gathered the singer, who was in the VIP section with three women had told Ibrahim to invite another woman he had spotted, to join him.
The shooting was said to have occurred after the lady’s husband identified as Lawrence had resisted the alleged advances at his wife by the singer which resulted in a confrontation between him and the police escort.
It was further learnt that Burna Boy and his crew had driven off to one of his properties at the Elegushi end of the Lekki-Epe Expressway after the incident before leaving for Lekki Phase 1.
The IGP, who condemned the development in a series of tweets by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, on Sunday directed the Lagos police commissioner, Abiodun Alabi, to launch a thorough investigation into the incident.
The tweet, titled “Re: Club shooting in Lagos”, 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.”
