The name Asake is now a household name in the Nigerian music scene, he rose to fame sometime last year after he got signed into YBNL records. Mr. Ahmed Ololads who is popularly known by the stage name “Asake” has enjoyed a huge level of exponential growth and fame and started holding sold-out shows in Nigeria and also on the international stages.
He was recently on international tours but his sold-out tours which have been epoch-making since they started took a devastating dramatic detour some few days back after his music concert in the Brixton Academy in London was breached and there were stampedes which led to several people getting critically injured and so far one person have been reported died from the incident.
According to eye witness report narrating what led to the brutal incident; some of the concert attendees tried to force their way into the venue but they met strong resistance from the “bouncers” and there was a mammoth crowd at the entrance gate that were all trying to force their way into the venue, this caused a stampede and fight ensued, some thugs that came with some weapons stabbed some people in retaliation for blows and punches until the London city metropolitan security came to the scene, intervened and restored peace.
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Before the intervention of the security and restoration of peace, a lot of havoc had already been done as many people were already critically injured and half dead at the scene.
Some of the victims have been threatening to sue Asake and the show organizers; so incidents like these thereby pose a legal issue as to who to be held legally responsible by the government and by the persons who got injured or by the family who lost their ward from the incident.
The law is when organizers of an event have been given a public space to hold their event, the government expects them to ensure that the event is properly organized and make sure that the safety and security of the attendees and their properties are guaranteed.
Therefore, the law will hold the organizers of that concert liable for every damage that arose out of that event for having failed to ensure the safety of the properties and lives that attended the event.
Also, Asake the performer who is the person everyone was coming to see perform will also be held vicariously liable for all the havoc that arose out of the event despite the fact that he might have contracted the organization of the concert to a second party.
As an addendum, the intent of this piece is just to shed some legal light on what may likely be the outcome of the incident if the victims decide to sue or the British government decides to hold someone responsible for the incident and we sincerely sympathize with the victims.
