Comedian and actor Samuel Perry, wey Nigerians sabi as Broda Shaggi, don recount how stray bullet hit am during one brand activation outing on March 9, 2026.
E talk for interview wey dem share on im YouTube page say the day start like normal workday. According to am, im team don finish the brand activation and dem dey leave when e hear loud bang. “It was just a normal day, a day I will go out for any brand activation, until the devil decided to show up. We were done with the activation, we were already leaving, and all of a sudden, I heard a loud bang, it was just total silence in the car, and then I touched my hip and saw blood, that’s when it dawned on me that I have been hit by a stray bullet,” e talk.
Broda Shaggi describe the experience as frightening. E yan say e loss consciousness before dem reach hospital. “It was a crazy day, I was unconscious till we got to the hospital. All that was in my mind was just to survive, I didn’t want to die,” e talk.
E recall say im condition worsen reach point where medical personnel talk say dem need move am to another hospital. “It got to that point where they said they had to take me to another hospital, I was sweating, holding my leg; I was seeing blood, I just wanted to hear a doctor telling me, ‘Samuel, you’ll be fine’,” na so e talk.
For the second hospital, e talk say medical team attend to am quickly and put am inside emergency room, and that give am some reassurance about im chance to survive. “We got to the other hospital, they were swift, put me in the emergency room. By that time, my mind was settled and that I was going to make it through this moment,” e talk.
But e talk say minutes later, wen everything don calm, e find out say e no fit move im leg. “Minutes later, everything was calmed, but then I could not move my leg, that was when it dawned on me that what happened could change everything,” e talk. The injury make am worry about whether e go fit continue the physical routines wey im comedy character dey do. “I was worried how do I do ‘Oya hit me’ without my leg’,” e add.
E talk say by the next morning the pain don reduce, but emotional impact of the incident start to affect am.
