In a fiery retort, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer of Lagos State Command, has countered actress Laide Bakare’s accusations, asserting that she was lawfully stopped and fined for traffic violations.
Earlier today, Bakare vehemently criticized law enforcement, alleging they forcefully entered her vehicle and whisked her 14-year-old daughter away to an undisclosed location. The incendiary incident reportedly unfolded last Saturday along the bustling Ikorodu Expressway.
Responding via his X page, Hundeyin 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.
“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 – N70,000 – 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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On Laide’s Instagram page, the movie star’s daughter also explained how she was scared when the policeman drove her off and that there was no way for her mother to reach her because she had left all of her phones inside the car.
For the first time, I experienced the brutal way Nigerians are being treated along that axis.
Laide Bakare rant;
“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 N70,000,” she said.
