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N8 Million Bribe: I acted as debt collector for Hushpuppi, says...

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An upcoming artiste, Anthony Uchechukwu aka King of Madness, has threatened to sue the Nigeria Police Force N500m for indiscriminate arrest and unlawful detention. The artiste stated this in an interview with The Punch after he was released recently by the Lagos State Police Command. The artiste was paraded as a criminal suspect at the command headquarters mid-July. Narrating his arrest, Uchechukwu said that policemen stopped the Uber ride he had boarded to a show at Lekki around 10.45pm. “It was not even up 11pm when the police stopped me “I am too classy and they can’t see me and not stop me but after all the search, they didn’t see any exhibit on me. “They now said the DPO wanted to see me that I have constituted (a) nuisance,” he said. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, had later said, “The King of Madness has been released; he was released after a proper background check on him. We discovered that he has a means of livelihood like many others.” However, King of Madness said he would drag the police to court to pay damages for the humiliation. “They want to send me to jail for an offence I didn’t commit “For the first time in my life, I felt really bad,” he said, adding that the police failed to respect “human rights”. “They just added me up to some of their criminals so that it will be like they caught many criminals, that is a big lie. And I will be suing the police for N500m. My identity does not define me, my hair does not define me, my tattoo does not define me, I am an educated citizen of Nigeria,” the artiste stated.

Heavily tattooed artiste ‘King of Madness’ threatens to sue police N500m

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Outcry in Abuja as FCTA asks business owners to pay for...

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Abba Kyari appears before panel

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Abba Kyari: God will vindicate Nigeria’s future IGP, says ill-tempered broadcaster...

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UAE lifts ban on transit flights from Nigeria, India, Paskistan, others

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FG threatens to dismiss civil servants leaking official documents on social...

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Court orders EFCC to unfreeze Dokpesi’s N2.1B bank account, release seized...

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US Capitol invasion: Third police officer commits suicide

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Soldier stabs Ibadan tailor for allegedly disrespecting him

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Yabatech student celebrating final exam engages in fight, dies

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EFCC counters Mompha, we never advised you amid Hushpuppi’s trial

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Ex-RRS boss, Disu replaces Abba Kyari as head of Police IRT

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Vigilante beaten to death for shooting dead outgoing community leader

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15-year-old boy exposes hotel where suspected ESN members allegedly plan attacks...

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Three die as police rescue abducted wife of Benue’s commissioner [Photos]

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Hushpuppi paid Abba Kyari N8m to detain Chibuzo, FBI alleges

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Labourer gets 6 strokes of cane for stealing 2 generators

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Man rejoices after surviving gruesome car accident [photos]

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Nigerians spend N1.77tn on national calls, SMS in 2020

Revealed! Nigerians spent N1.77tn on national calls, SMS in 2020

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Abuja to use electric vehicles as means of public transportation –...

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HushKyari: Kyari can turn himself in if he’s sure of his...

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Igboho’s lawyer demands open trial of Abba Kyari over alleged bribery

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Gunmen strangle motorcyclist to death in Delta

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RCCG’s 2021 annual convention begins today

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Oluwo of Iwo advocates death penalty for corrupt officials

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Archbishop challenges FG, says reveal identities of 774,000 jobs’ beneficiaries

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Zamfara to enact laws to regulate social media because of fake...

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Woman, 2 others arrested for drug offences at Lagos airport The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it arrested a woman who hid cocaine in her underwear at Lagos airport. Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the agency, disclosed in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. Babafemi said the suspect identified as Okafor Ebere Edith was arrested on Saturday, during the outward clearance of passengers on Air Cotevoire to Monrovia, Liberia from Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. He said the woman tucked 35 wraps of cocaine in her underwear to beat security checks at the airport. “During preliminary interview, she claimed her desire to make money pushed her into drug trafficking,” Babafemi said. According to him, another suspect identified as Echendu Jerry Maduakolam, an intending male passenger going to Istanbul, was also arrested at Gate A departure hall of MMIA on July 27. He said the passenger was arrested during the outward clearance of Egypt airline to Turkey with 78 grams of cannabis mixed with dried bitter leaves. One Egbon Osarodion who was traveling to Milan, Italy was also arrested with different quantities of 225mg Tramadol and Rohypnol concealed in foil papers wrapped in a polyethylene bag on the same day. He said Osarodion was arrested at Gate A departure hall during outward clearance of passengers on Egypt airline at Lagos airport.

Woman, two others arrested for drug offences at Lagos airport

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