Popular Nigerian skit maker and comedian Broda Shaggi has been hospitalised after reportedly sustaining a gunshot injury while filming a comedy skit. The incident was said to have occurred under the Sango-Ota bridge during a shoot.
According to reports, the content creator was filming with members of his crew when the shooting happened. Details about how the gunshot occurred remain unclear, but people present at the scene quickly rushed him to a nearby hospital for medical attention.
He was initially taken to Blooming Care Hospital in the Alakuko area of Lagos State, where medical personnel administered first aid and stabilised his condition after he arrived with the injury.
Medical sources later referred him to Duchess Hospital in the Government Residential Area of Ikeja for further treatment, where he is currently receiving care and recovering.
Police authorities confirmed that the hospital notified them after the gunshot victim was brought in for treatment. Officers and detectives were subsequently dispatched to the hospital, where they discovered that the injured person was the comedian known as Broda Shaggi.
Police also noted that the injury was on his thigh and that the incident itself reportedly occurred in Sango-Ota, which falls outside the jurisdiction of the Lagos State Police Command. Authorities said investigations into the circumstances surrounding the shooting are ongoing.
