Five police escorts attached to popular singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has been arrested for attempted murder after they shot two fun-seekers, Irebami Lawrence and Tolu, at Club Cubana in Lagos last Wednesday.
According to a preliminary police report by the Bar Beach Police Division in Lagos State, trouble started around 4am on June 8, 2022 when the musician and the five police escorts visited Club Cubana in Victoria Island.
Four of the police escort waited outside while one of the policemen identified as Inspector Ibrahim, who was plain clothed, accompanied Burna Boy into the club.
According to reports, the singer was in the VIP section with three women when he spotted another woman. The Grammy Award-winning artiste allegedly told Inspector Ibrahim to invite the woman to come join him.
This gesture annoyed the lady’s husband, who was said to have lambasted Burna Boy, saying it was disrespectful for any man to make advances at a married woman.
It was said that after some minutes, Burna Boy made advances towards the woman again, a development that further infuriated her husband and his friends who had gathered at the club and the matter soon degenerated. A senior Policeman said It was in the process that Ibrahim brought out his service pistol and released fire multiple times while Burna Boy was laughing.
27-year-old Lawrence was shot in the thigh while his friend, Tolu, was hit in the head by a bullet.
It was reported that following the commotion, some people brought out their phones to record what was happening but the policemen began snatching and smashing the phones before they left the club.
A Police source said that , Burna Boy took the next flight out without even informing his policemen and called them later to inform them that he had travelled to SpainIn the mean time,. all his police escorts have been arrested and are currently at the command headquarters.
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