The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday disclosed that the policeman who accidentally shot a Nollywood actor, Azeez Ijaduade, in the neck has been identified, just as it said the officer was attached to a Chinese expatriate.
The social media was awash on Sunday morning about how the actor was rushed to a hospital after he was allegedly shot in his neck by the policeman in the Iperu Remo area of Ogun State.
However, while giving an update on the incident on its X handle on Sunday, the state police command disclosed that the officer involved had been identified and he is a mobile policeman attached to a Chinese expatriate who was in the hotel for an event.
According to the command: “During Bramaj Company end of year party in the hotel, a mobile policeman attached to the Chinese expatriate expended a shot into the air and unfortunately, the ammunition shell hit one Azeez Ijaduade, an actor, on the neck.
“He was rushed to hospital in Ilishan and he is in a very stable condition.The Commander, Mopol 16, has contacted the actor and also visited him in the hospital where he will be discharged soon. The Commander has also taken up responsibility for the medical bill.”
The command added that more investigations would be carried out by the command into the incident while the said mobile policeman is currently in custody helping the officers in their investigations.
Watch a video of the actor in the hospital below…
