PHOTOS: Musician Shot On His Way To The Headies

An upcoming artiste named Olasore Oluwafemi, was shot on Sunday, Decemebr 14, by a policeman identified as Zakari, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on his way to a popular musical event, Headies Awards.

It was gathered by Punch that the victim had an arrangement with his friend, Opeyemi Efunwole, to meet at a filing station in the Agric area and had planned to move from there to Headies Award, in Efunwole’s private car.

According to report, Oluwafemi was in a commercial cab heading to the filling station when a police team in a commercial bus stopped the driver.

Recounting how he was shot, he said: “I was told the police usually collect N2, 000 from every cab driver at the junction. So when he stopped our cab, the driver tried to reverse and he shot at the car. The bullet pierced through the cab and hit my leg. I felt terrible pains.”

The cab driver then drove him to the filing station where Efunwole, who was also his manager, was waiting for him and he was taken to a private hospital where he was given first aid.

They however had to go to the police station for a police report to get further treatment at a general hospital.

“However, on getting to the station, the Divisional Police Officer denied that any of his men went out or shot at anybody. But later, on compassionate ground, he gave us a medical form for my friend to get further treatment.

“While the treatment was on at the hospital, I went back to the station with Oluwafemi’s relatives and the cab driver to give our statements about what happened. They said they were not sure it was a policeman attached to the station that fired the shot,” Efunwole said.

At the station, the cab driver was said to have identified Zakari, attached to the Owutu Police Division, Ikorodu as the one who fired the shot.

“But the DPO still called a sergeant to count their bullets. The sergeant counted 20 bullets in the rifles of the first two policemen, and when it came to Zakari’s turn, the bullets were 19. But the DPO defended him and said it was 19 bullets they gave him. 

“How can that be? How can they give him 19 bullets when they gave others 20?

“When the cab driver still insisted that Zakari fired the shot, the police threatened to lock him up in the cell and ordered him to shut up,” Efunwole added.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Kenneth Nwosu, said the matter was being investigated to ascertain who allegedly shot at him.

He said: “The case is still undergoing investigation and we will get to the roots of the matter.”