Quilox: Lawmaker accuses Police of demanding bribe to release impounded cars
Posted by Abisola Olasupo | 24 December 2019 | 888 times
A Nigerian lawmaker has
accused Nigerian Police of demanding N100,000 before cars impounded from Quilox
Club could be released to their owners.
“First of all, the cars
of the customers were towed and seized for violating traffic,” Akin Alabi, who
represents Egbeda/Ona-Ara Federal Constituency, said on Twitter.
“But they were arrested
and told to pay N100,000 bribe. Why one earth do you need to pay the police a
bribe after your car has already been seized.”
A spokesperson for the
Lagos State Police Command Bala Elkana told The Guardian on Monday that the
cars were towed from causing traffic following a 36-hour non-stop event hosted
at the club.
Apart from the cars
towed, police also arrested the owner of the club, Shina Abiola, popularly
known as Shina Peller, who himself is a lawmaker. The club was also sealed by
the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency because of noise pollution.
Elkana accused Peller,
who told a plenary of the House of Representatives last Wednesday that he had
stepped from the management of the club, of leading 50 suspected thugs to
Maroko Police Station, where the towed vehicles are kept.
“This Honorable now
mobilised over 50 thugs to attack Maroko police station to remove the cars,”
Bala said
“We have to send
reinforcement and then he was arrested with five other thugs while others
flee,” he said, adding the Peller is being “investigated”.
But Alabi said the
claims that Peller wanted to invade the police station were “lies”. He claimed
the police commissioner in the state may be behind Peller’s arrest.
“Now they are trying to
swing the narrative by lying that he tried to invade the police station,” Alabi
said. “He went to bail those that were arrested. He was arrested. CP even
boasted that he has a score to settle with him.” (The Guardian)
Source: News Express
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