Police in Lagos are not taking lightly actor Damola Olatunji’s alleged attempt to save his personal assistant and an okada rider from intimidation – as he is said to have been dragged to court.
He was arrested in the Abule-Egba area on Monday, when he attempted to save the rider from intimidation and protested the alleged slapping of the P.A.
In a video from the clash, a police officer is seen hiding his face after Damola confronted him and his colleagues for slapping his P.A because he (Damola) “asked them to allow a young man whose bike they seized, to drive it”.
Although attempts by Phenomenal.com.ng to reach the actor’s wife, Bukola Awoyemi, aka Arugba, via phone was not successful, reports say he was being arraigned at a magistrate’s court in Ogba, on charges of “public incitement and assaulting police officers” came after he disclosed that he is being held at Area P police division.
Filmmaker and actor, Lanre Adediwura, confirmed that Damola was taken to Ogba Magistrate court after being “kept in police custody for standing against police intimidation.”
He wrote, “I can’t imagine Damola Olatunji @damolaolatunji had been in police custody since yesterday only for standing against police intimidation. He is currently being taken to Ogba Magistrate court.
“Please well-meaning Nigerians, we need you to get this to the appropriate quarter.
Also sharing a video of Damola in court, Lanre wrote;
“All we are asking for is freedom for @damolaolatunji
“He was only defending a fellow Nigerian Citizen against possible humiliation. He is not a trouble maker as record has it.
“His only offence was standing for a Nigerian.
“#FreeDamolaOlatunji.”
