The Lagos State Police Command through the Police Pubic Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has said that actress Laide Bakare was stopped for contravening traffic laws and rightly fined for the offence.
This was made known in a post he shared on his verified X handle, @benHundeyin, on Sunday as a response to the actress’s earlier post condemning the act.
“For the first time, I experienced the brutal way Nigerians are being treated along that axis,” she wrote.
“I can’t imagine how someone with a brain and sanity will enter someone’s car and drive it away with a minor in it.
“My daughter was left terrified over the incident, a lot of things are happening in this country that needs to be attended to.
“The police only target big cars and vulnerable people to exploit and rob. Just because they needed our ATM card to take out ₦70,000,” she said.
Hundeyin, in his response said that the actress disobeyed traffic laws and paid
fine as punishment.
“You were stopped for contravening traffic laws by driving on the BRT lane,” he wrote.
“You chose to create a scene. You chose to remain out of your vehicle when it was being taken to Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) office.
“The officers were not going to succumb to your gimmick to hold them down at that spot.
“You rightly paid the correct fine for your offence – ₦70,000 – into government coffers.
“You left with the receipt and your vehicle. Not a finger was laid on you,” the PPRO said.
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