Normalcy has returned to Ipaja following an attack on a police station by some hoodlums.
Spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development, yesterday, during a parade of suspects in Ikeja, said some of the attackers had been arrested.
He said the hoodlums attacked the station with dangerous weapons, including firearms, and that two of them were seriously injured. “The attack did not deter our officers from completing their assignment which was to enforce the ban on motorcycles. We were able to impound over 200 motorcycles,” Hundeyin added.
MEANWHILE, a 24-year-old man, Stanley Okoruwa, has been arrested. Okoruwa had published a video on Facebook claiming that Nigerian businessman, Emeka Okonkwo (popularly known as E-money) was having an affair with the wife of the late Nollywood actor, John Paul Obumneme Odonwodo (popularly known as Junior Pope).
Hundeyin paraded Okoruwa who has the Facebook username ‘Humble Saint TV’ at the command’s headquarters, Ikeja.
Okoruwa confessed that he cooked up the allegation to gain fame on social media and boost his online followership.
“I made a video about E-Money that wasn’t true and I am regretting my action. Saying E-Money was having an affair with Junior Pope’s wife is not true. I made the video just to grow my page. I never had any intention to spoil his name. I never knew the video would go to that extent. I know the video is very wrong. Nothing in the video is true, and I only did it to see E-Money one-on-one. I am very sorry. I will never do that again,” he said.
Asked how he would have reacted had someone done a similar video about him, he said: “I would have felt bad and punished the person.”
Hundeyin said: “After we got the petition from the complaint, the command swung into action and started to investigate the matter. Stanley was arrested in Uromi, Edo State.
“He will be prosecuted because what he did was criminal in nature and has legal implications. He has defamed and has also published false news about the complainant.
“Many people come online to complain that somebody defamed them but they don’t report officially. This was taken up not because of the person involved but because he did the right thing by following the right process of complaining to the police.”
Hundeyin advised social media users against publishing falsehood. He said: “The moment you publish false information, and we have a willing complainant, we will investigate and the law will take its course.”
