Crossover musician, Alariwo, has blasted the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Ilobanefor, for saying the police were not aware of his shooting.
Earlier last week, Alariwo took to his Facebook to inform his fans and friends that he was attacked and shot by armed robbers in Ibadan.
But the police spokesperson said the singer should have reported the incident to the police rather than going to the social media.
However, Alariwo said he couldn’t have gone to the police to make a formal report because he was rushed to the hospital in order to be operated on.
“How do you expect me to go and report to the police again when I was still in the hospital and was being operated on? It was my manager that wrote on my Facebook page that I was shot and was okay.
“Did the PRO expect me to stand from the hospital bed to go and lay complaints?”
Alariwo said it was actually some policemen who arrived at the scene of the incident that rushed him to the hospital.
“It was the DPO of Oluyole Estate police station, Mr. A. Rasheed who sent a patrol car that led us to the first hospital that refused to open their gate before they led us to the second hospital, ZOE Hospital, where my wounds were attended to.
“The police stayed with us throughout the surgery and they even picked the bullet cartridge from the scene as evidence. They asked us to come back to the station when I fully recover so as to make a formal report which I did on Tuesday, July 22 after the doctor confirmed I was fit,” he said.
