A recent graduate of Oxford and hip-hop musician was held at gunpoint by a team of police officers in Bournemouth yesterday.
Nzube Udezue, known as ‘Zuby’, was ordered to lie flat on the ground seconds after he stepped off a train arriving into Bournemouth station.
A task force of armed police officers co-ordinated the incident which was later revealed to be a freak case of mistaken identity. Dorset police said in a statement that Zuby had matched the description (a black man wearing a black t-shirt with orange details) of a man they were looking for who was involved in a suspected firearms incident.
Since the ordeal, Zuby has spoken to The Guardian, describing what happened as “a really bad dream” but updating his Facebook status to read, “Zuby Udezue is ok, don’t worry about him :-)”.
Concerned friends posted messages on his Facebook wall as news of the incident was published in several newspapers. One friend wrote, “how the hell could they pull guns on you of all people. Good thing they realized you were the wrong person” while another added, “you are on the front page of Metro…and they didn’t even plug your album. bastards. hope you’re ok man”.
Zuby gained fame among fellow Oxford students during his time as an undergaduate with his rap music which he publicised online via video sharing website YouTube.com.
