The Ghana Police Service has arrested Abubakari Sadick, popularly known as “Cyborg,” after a viral video showed him firing a high-calibre firearm in public during the visit of Nigerian Afrobeats star Ahmed Ololade, known professionally as Asake.

Sadick was apprehended on December 29 at Adenta following public outrage over the footage, which circulated widely on social media. Police say his actions violate the Firearms Act, 1962 (Act 118) and the Public Order Act, 1994 (Act 491).

The video captured Sadick discharging live rounds into the air while standing next to Asake, who was in Accra ahead of his AfroFuture 2025 concert. The incident occurred as the singer toured some neighbourhoods in the capital, drawing large crowds of fans.

Sadick was heard shouting before he fired the gun: a request for Asake to stay strong while in jail, stating that Asake is his “brother from another mother” and directly asking authorities – among them President John Dramani Mahama – to forgive his friend.

Sadick is now in police custody helping the service investigate the matter and will soon be arraigned before court to answer to his charges.

Ghana Police Service warns owners of licensed weapons that it does not give freedom to discharge recklessly -offenders could lose their weapons and face jail time