By Modupe Gbadeyanka
A member of the House of Representatives, Mr Shina Peller, has been allegedly detained by operatives of the Lagos Command of the Nigeria Police Force.
The federal lawmaker was said to have been arrested in Lagos some hours ago after he went to bail out some of his customers who were arrested by police at his popular Quilox Club on Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, during a show.
According to a statement issued by a spokesman of the legislator, Mr Kola Popoola, the police, after the lawmaker visited the Maroko Police Station to bail his ‘people’, pounced on him, collected his mobile phones and then detained him.
Mr Popoola said police had picked up some fun-seekers at Quilox Club over the weekend for allegedly obstructing free flow of traffic by parking their cars on the road despite being informed earlier of a show taking place on Sunday.
“Prior to the kick-off of the 36 hours non-stop show, which usually holds every year at Quilox, Mr Peller had informed the concerned Lagos traffic authorities to avoid unnecessary traffic gridlock.
“On getting to Maroko Police Station, the police started harassing him and even went as far as seizing all his phones for no reason,” the statement claimed.
“The continuous harassment and unjust detain of a member of House of Representatives, Mr Peller, by the police calls for urgent attention of the media and Commissioner of Police,” it added, claiming further that, “The Nigeria Police Force has unjustly held hostage a member of the House of Representatives representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency at Moroko Police.”
Mr Popoola “called on the Nigeria Police to immediately release the revered Mr Peller.”
Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this report, the Lagos Police Command was yet to respond to the issue despite causing outrage on social media.
Adedapo Adesanya