Zylofon Media has released an official statement to clarify the incident that involved a previously unidentified assailant and Blakk Rasta.

It was earlier reported that Blakk Rasta had earlier claimed that a "masked man" tried to take his life today after successfully breaking into Zylofon FM.

“Transmission on @zylofon1021fm shut down. A man broke into the building, masked threatening to kill me. Police and security here…” he uploaded on his Twitter page.

Transmission on @zylofon1021fm shut down. A man broke into the building, masked threatening to kill me. Police and security here...

— Blakk Rasta (@Blakkrasta) January 5, 2021

The management, in a statement issued on January 6, 2021, has further revealed that the assailant broke security protocol by spraying “a strange content into their eyes” in order to get to Blakk Rasta and cause him harm.

“This man first went to the station’s server room, succeeding in disconnecting some of our cables, therefore, shutting down transmission before threatening the life of the host of Taxi Driver Show, Blakk Rasta, known in private life as Abubakar Ahmed,” the statement reads.

READ ALSO:

Hard work got me where I am, not big buttocks - Fella Makafui

“It was unclear what the motive of this assailant was but he engaged security details at the premises in a scuffle…,”

The alleged assailant, the statement stressed, then broke “into the studio during the live transmission of the Black Pot segment on the Taxi Driver Show” which airs at 4 pm.

"The said assailant in his alleged quest to accomplish his mission ended up suffering bullet wounds as the Head of Security eventually pulled the trigger. This was after the East Legon District Police had been called in “as the melee ensued and at this point, the assailant attempted escaping”,

Blakk Rasta is safe and unhurt according to the statement.

Read the full statement below.