“Entirely Manufactured,” Officer Woos Rejects Broda Shaggi Death Claim
Content creator Jubril Oladapo Gbadamosi, known to millions as Officer Woos, has firmly rejected viral claims that he announced the death of his close colleague Broda Shaggi, describing the publications as fabricated and warning that those behind them risk legal action.
The dispute began days ago when an X user, sharing a photograph of Broda Shaggi, claimed Officer Woos had posted news of the skit maker’s passing on Instagram. Reacting to the screenshot on his Instagram Story, Officer Woos wrote a one-word response, “False.”
In a statement issued on Saturday by his lawyers, Versed Attorneys, the comedian went further. The firm said it was responding “to false and malicious publications currently circulating on social media, particularly X (formerly Twitter),” stressing that “our client has never announced the death of any colleague, friend, or associate on any of his platforms.” It added that the posts were “entirely manufactured and constitute a deliberate attempt to mislead the public.”
The same statement dismissed a separate rumour that Officer Woos had been arrested over drug trafficking. According to the viral reports, the comedian had reportedly abandoned content creation in 2025 to concentrate on a bakery venture, with claims that the business sold loaves for as much as $500 and that enforcement operatives intercepted a shipment laced with illicit drugs. The viral posts mixed up the agencies involved, alternately naming the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
His lawyers said he had “never been arrested, investigated, charged, or in any way connected to allegations of drug trafficking, at any point in 2025 or at any other time.”
Fact-checkers have since traced both stories to engagement-driven accounts. As of reporting, neither NAFDAC nor the NDLEA had issued any arrest report or confirmation regarding the comedian, and high-profile enforcement operations in Nigeria are routinely publicised by the agencies involved.
The death rumour did not emerge in a vacuum. It surfaced about three months after Broda Shaggi, whose real name is Samuel Perry, became the subject of widely circulated reports in March 2026 that he had been shot while filming a comedy skit under the Sango-Ota bridge in Ogun State. The Ogun State Police Command said at the time that it could not confirm whether the incident occurred within its jurisdiction and urged the public to refrain from spreading unverified information while it investigated. The command also denied a follow-up claim that three suspected hired killers had been arrested in connection with the case. Broda Shaggi has not publicly addressed the speculation since.
Citing Nigerian defamation and cybercrime laws, Versed Attorneys demanded “an immediate and unconditional retraction” from every page and individual responsible, alongside a public apology within 48 hours. Failure to comply, the firm warned, would trigger “all necessary legal actions,” including civil suits for defamation and formal complaints to law enforcement authorities.
The episode underscores a recurring strain in Nigeria’s creator economy, where unverified celebrity death and arrest hoaxes spread rapidly for clicks. For public figures, the pattern is becoming familiar, and the response, increasingly, is legal.