Nigerian comedian and skit maker Samuel Perry, widely known as Broda Shaggi, has responded to public concern days after multiple media outlets reported that he was hospitalised following a gunshot injury sustained during a skit shoot.
Broda Shaggi broke his silence in the early hours of the morning, addressing his followers on social media amid widespread speculation that he had been injured in a shooting in the Sango-Ota area of Ogun State.
What Broda Shaggi said
In a cryptic post published around 4 a.m. on his official Instagram account, which was subsequently deleted, Broda Shaggi hinted that he wanted to speak his mind but suggested that any attempt to do so would be removed. He encouraged his followers to strive to be good people, writing that those who leave this world should do so as good people.
What happened
Broda Shaggi was reportedly hospitalised after sustaining a gunshot injury in the Sango-Ota area of Ogun State. A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the comedian sustained the gunshot wound while filming a comedy skit beneath the Sango-Ota bridge on Sunday afternoon. His crew members, who were present immediately, rushed him to Blooming Care Hospital in the Alakuko area of Lagos State for initial treatment.
He was later transferred to Duchess International Hospital in the Government Residential Area of Ikeja, where he was said to be recovering.
Police confirm involvement
Lagos State Police Command spokesperson Abimbola Adebisi confirmed that the police were alerted by the hospital after the injured entertainer was brought in. She said detectives and a patrol team were mobilised to the facility, where they identified the patient as Broda Shaggi. He was observed on a stretcher with an injury to his thigh. Adebisi added that while the incident reportedly occurred in Sango-Ota outside the Lagos command’s jurisdiction, investigations remain ongoing.
Conflicting accounts
Conflicting accounts have surrounded the incident since it was first reported. While initial reports placed the shooting under the Sango-Ota flyover in Ogun State, a source told The Guardian that the shooting did not occur in Ogun State but in Lagos. The Ogun State Police Command also said the incident had not been formally reported to them.
Broda Shaggi’s manager, Olufemi Oguntamu, also known as Femi Penzaar, neither confirmed nor denied the reports when contacted.
Police in Lagos have confirmed that investigations are ongoing. The exact circumstances of the shooting, including who fired the shot and why, remain undisclosed. RNN.NG will update this story as more information becomes available.