Last night news broke that Mercy Aigbe was arrested by heavily armed policemen in Osogbo state, Osun State.
According to Punch, the policemen fired three gunshots in the air
before whisking the actress and her brother, who drove her in a Honda
Accord car away to an unknown place. It wasn’t clear why she was
arrested however a witness on the scene disclosed it was because her
brother dressed like ‘yahoo boys.’
This morning the actress took to her Instagram page to address the reports writing,
Morning
Fam, it has come to my attention that news has been flying around that I
was arrested by the police in Osogbo. ..For the records I was never
ARRESTED! I was shooting a movie in osogbo and was going for a break
with my PA and Driver when we saw a police van chasing us, they later
double crossed us, came out of their van and started banging the bonnet
of my car asking us to come down. I was shocked and scared because I
didn’t know what was going on. I stepped out of the car to ask them what
happened and why they double crossed us in that manner, the policemen
started shouting and acting crazy pointing his gun at me. On seeing his
behaviour, i took out my phone and started to record them, one of them
forcefully collected my phone from me. My PA also started recording them
with an ipad and the policeman slapped her and threw the iPad away. At
this point a lot of crowd had already gathered when they saw me and what
was happening and they started booing them, saying that is how osogbo
policemen harass innocent citizens. When the policemen saw the large
crowd supporting us and that they could be mobbed, they stylishly left
only to call for reinforcement of other Police officers. Those ones came
and started shooting sporadically into the air , everyone had to run
for their lives. The police officers then forcefully collected my car
key & car documents from my driver and even tried to beat him up.
They then ushered us into my car and and a police man drove us to their
state headquarters. On getting there, we were taken to the office of the
assistant commissioner of police where we narrated what happened and
how their men harassed us and caused unnecessary commotion!….. I even
showed him the videos I recorded. The ACP then apologised and pleaded
with me to delete the videos. We settled the matter and I went back to
work. ….Big thanks to my family, friends and fans for checking up on
me…..
