Some Nigerians have demanded the arrest of Grammy Award-winning musician, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy over the role he played in a shooting that allegedly occurred at a popular Lagos club on Wednesday.
They made the demand while reacting to the incident on Twitter on Sunday.
An American returnee and a friend were reportedly hospitalised as a result of bullet wounds sustained when a police orderly attached to the musician shot inside Club Cubana, Lekki.
According to the Punch, quoting the Bar Beach Police Division, Burna Boy had visited the popular club in the company of five police orderlies.
Four of the policemen reportedly stayed outside the club while one of them identified as Inspector Ibrahim, who was in mufti, accompanied the singer inside the club.
Burna Boy, who sat in the VIP section with three women, was said to have sighted another woman in another section of the club.
He asked the policeman to invite her to join him but the woman’s husband, who was with his friends, rebuked the policeman.
The musician was said to have made the same request after a little while.
This was said to have infuriated the woman’s husband, with whom she went to the club, leading to an altercation during which the policeman brought out his pistol and shot several times.
The musician was said to be laughing as the incident unfolded.
The bullet reportedly hit 27-year-old Lawrence in the thigh while his friend, Tolu, was hit in the head. This caused a commotion in the club.
Burna Boy and his crew then drove off to one of his properties at the Elegushi end of the Lekki-Epe Expressway before leaving for Lekki Phase 1, the report stated.
“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,” the Punch quoted a top source at the office of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police as saying.
Meanwhile, many Nigerians took to social media to berate the musician for his conduct, while some demanded his arrest and prosecution.
Read comment monitored on Twitter:
In a saner clime, Burnaboy and his crew would have been arrested.. Arrogance never leaves some people
— YH (@Yemihazan) June 12, 2022
Burna Boy made disrespectful advances at someone’s wife at the club. The man tried protecting his wife and got shot by his men. And Burna was there laughing and giggling. He sings about human and social justice but does otherwise on the street. Burna really need to fix up.
— Mazi Olisaemeka C. ™ (@OlisaOsega) June 12, 2022
This iPhone saved a life. It was inside a man’s pocket when Burnaboy ’s bodyguard shot at him. It reduced the velocity of the bullet and hence the impact on his body. He is okay now but needed 3 pints of blood. I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t have made it if this was not there. pic.twitter.com/Xo3OCBJgZe
— DR.PENKING™ 🇦🇺🇳🇬 #PeterObi (@drpenking) June 12, 2022
I’m in a toxic relationship with Burna boy. On one side, I love his music. On the other side, I dislike his jagidi jagan personality.
— LERRY 👑 (@_AsiwajuLerry) June 12, 2022
Burna boy be always decieving people with activist songs but, he is a terrorist/gangstar in real life, that was why he was ban from clubbing in the UK and in the USA.
— 𝒜𝓃𝓃𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓁 🇺🇸🍒 (@Annabel_xoi) June 12, 2022
So Burnaboy left Nengi and is trying to woo a married woman in front of her spouse?
Now, I see why Steflondon left him.
— Uncle Charles (@AkwariCharles) June 12, 2022
Burna been doing this for years and he always get away with it. Always!! This will be forgotten soon too. Sigh
— OBA👑 (@obaoriade) June 12, 2022