The Lagos State Police Command has replied Laide Bakare over allegations of police harassment and abduction of her 14-year-old daughter.
In a video she posted online, Laide Bakare claimed that police officers stopped her, drove off with her daughter, and harassed her.
However, police spokesperson SP Benjamin Hundeyin countered that Bakare was stopped for driving on BRT lane, contravening traffic laws.
According to Hundeyin, Bakare was fined N70,000, which she paid, and no officer touched her.
He stated that she chose to create a scene and remained outside her vehicle as it was being taken to the LAMATA office.
The police maintained that they did not harass or abduct her daughter.
‘’You were stopped for contravening traffic laws by driving on the BRT lane. You chose to create a scene. You chose to remain out of your vehicle when it was being taken to LAMATA office. The officers were not going to succumb to your gimmick to hold them down at that spot. You rightly paid the correct fine for your offence – N70,000 – into government coffers. You left with the receipt and your vehicle. Not a finger was laid on you.”
