Nigerian artiste, Ice Prince Zamani has been arrested and is being arraigned in court on Friday (today) for allegedly abducting and assaulting a police officer in the early hours of the day.
The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos state Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin made this known in a tweet on his official Twitter handle.
According to the PRO, the Oleku crooner agreed to be taken to the station for driving without license plates.
It was on the way to the station that Ice Prince allegedly assaulted the officer.
At 3am today, @Iceprincezamani was stopped for driving without license plates. He agreed to be taken to the station. He, thereafter, abducted the police officer in his car, assaulted him and threatened to throw him in the river. He has been arrested and would be arraigned today. pic.twitter.com/jLazuYOUal
— SP Benjamin Hundeyin (@BenHundeyin) September 2, 2022
A lot of Nigerians on Twitter are questioning the arrest of the singer, asking if he was alone when the alleged assault happened. They are requesting for his own side of the story.
I would still love to hear Ice Prince side of the story because how did an armless citizen abduct an armed policeman? How come the policeman was alone? What about his colleagues? Some things are not adding up.
— Dr Penking™🇳🇬🇦🇺 (@drpenking) September 2, 2022
My heart is with Ice Prince.
— Joey Akan (@JoeyAkan) September 2, 2022
If you know how Nigerian police officers lie and entrap you when things don't go their way, you'll never believe everything they say, especially when they see an opportunity to chase PR spotlight as victims of the populace.
Meanwhile, human rights activist, Segun Awosanya popularly know has Segalink says Ice Prince is known to be a law-abiding citizen.
He promised that his organisation, Social Intervention Advocacy Foundation will step in to negotiate.
Thank you for your service Distinguished sir @BenHundeyin. @Iceprincezamani is known by us @SIAF_NG to be a law abiding citizen and this unfortunate event will be engaged and addressed via a mutually beneficial intervention & a future occurrence forestalled. On ground already🙏🏽 https://t.co/WTGBMTdQSb
— SEGA L'éveilleur® (@segalink) September 2, 2022
