The
spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, Bala Elkana has confirmed the
arrest of Hon Shina Peller, a member of the Federal House of Representatives
and the owner of the popular Quilox Club in Lagos.
The
spokesperson said Shina Peller was arrested for mobilizing over 60 hoodlums to
attack officers and men of the Maroko Police Station.
Here is his
account;
“The honorable has a clubhouse that operates till 9 am. The trouble started when customers parked on the road and blocked the road making other road users not able to have access to the road. This has been the practice there, so, it is causing a lot of obstruction for people.
Now, the
police went and moved the vehicles that blocked the road, towing them to the
station. The honorable mobilized hoodlums, over 60 of them, to attack Maroko
Police Station and then moved those vehicles out. This could have led to
disaster, but the police restrained themselves.
We mobilized
and he was arrested, having respect for him as an honorable member. Five other
thugs were arrested with him; others jumped through the fence and ran away. But
we got him and five other thugs which is the reason for his arrest.
He has been moved to the State Criminal Investigation Department for Investigation”