What Akin Alabi said about Shina Peller's arrest and detention

Honorable Akin Alabi has reacted to the arrest and detention of his fellow House of Representatives member, Shina Peller, by the Lagos State Police Command.

Shina Peller was detained after he stormed a police station with about 50 thugs to recover vehicles towed by the police.

The towed vehicles were said to have been parked on the roadside by customers of Shina Peller's Quilox night club which is situated in Victoria Island, Lagos.

According to the spokesman of the state police command, Bala Elkana, the lawmaker was warned several times about the traffic gridlock caused by activities at his club all to no avail.

In reaction to the arrest, Akin Alabi stated that police brutality knows no status.

According Akin Alabi, 'So founder of Quilox and House of Representatives member, Shina Peller went to bail his customers that were illegally arrested, then the Police at Maroko police station detained him as well. Police brutality knows no status'.

He went on to say, 'We are on our way to Panti. First of all, the cars of the customers were towed and seized for violating traffic. FINE. But they were arrested and told to pay N100,000 bribe. Why one earth do you need to pay the police a bribe after your car has already been seized.

'You arrest those parked on the road. Someone goes to bail the people arrested. You arrest the person to. That summarizes why Shina Peller was arrested'.