A security guard who
worked at the O2 Academy Brixton has claimed that other guards took
bribes to let extra people inside Asake concert.
In December, the security at Asake concert in London was
breached in a crowd crush that
led to the deaths of
two people.
The singer put together a show at the 4900-capacity concert
venue where he performed his
debut album.
The music event was, however, cancelled mid-way after a
crowd of thousands without tickets breached the
doors.
According to BBC. the security guard, who used
the pseudonym Rohan, said there had not been enough security for the Asake
show.
Rohan alleged that members of his team would allow “a couple
of hundred” extra people into venues — without tickets — in exchange for cash.
According to him, some of his colleagues allegedly made as
much as £1,000.
“There were people
taking money… Some staff made £1,000 cash,” Rohan, who was part of a contracted
security team employed by AP Security, told BBC.
“Our company knew what was going on and they knew the people
who were doing it… and they did nothing about it.”
On Monday, Lambeth council’s licensing sub-committee announced O2 Briton’s licence
suspension for three months over the incident.
The suspension came after a request by the Met Police who
are investigating the stampede.
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