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Brixton Academy has been ordered to stay closed for a month after two people including a fan died when they were crushed at\u00a0Nigerian singer, Asake\u2019s\u00a0concert.<\/p>\n
On December 15, several ticketless attendees attempted to rush into the venue in southwest London, forcing the cancellation of the event.<\/p>\n
A Nigerian Mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and 23-year-old security guard Gaby Hutchinson, died from injuries caused by the crush.<\/p>\n
A short review of the venue\u2019s license was requested by the Met Police, according to Mail Online, and councilors met today to examine the request.<\/p>\n
READ ALSO: <\/strong>Asake Releases Statement After Security Breach At London Show<\/p>\n The Academy has been shut since the incident and was today ordered to remain so until January 16, when councillors will meet again to discuss its future.<\/p>\n Brixton Academy is one of London\u2019s most iconic music venues and was founded in 1929.<\/p>\n Lambeth Council said: \u2018We are shocked and saddened by the devastating incident in Brixton on Thursday night, and are working to support our communities in the wake of this tragedy.<\/p>\n \u2018The council is also fully playing its role in the investigations that are now underway. We are determined that answers must be found as to why these awful events occurred.<\/p>\n \u2018The venue is currently closed and we are set to undertake an urgent, in-depth review of its licence, which covers the legal conditions it must meet to run, including its public safety arrangements.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brixton Academy has been ordered to stay closed for a month after two people including a fan died when they were crushed at\u00a0Nigerian singer, Asake\u2019s\u00a0concert. On December 15, several ticketless attendees attempted to rush into the venue in southwest London, forcing the cancellation of the event. A Nigerian Mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and 23-year-old security […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1269151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nollywood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}