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Lagos Police Command Arrests Ice Prince For Assault On Officer

According to the Lagos State Police Command, popular Nigerian musician, Ice Prince has rebeen arrested for assaulting a police officer on duty reports Prime Business Africa.

The Lagos Police Command informed that at about 3a.m on Friday, the popular musician Oleku crooner was flagged down by police officers for driving without a license plate.

The Jos – born artiste Ice Prince initially agreed to be taken to the station immediately but would later abducted the police officer in his car, assaulted him, and threatened to throw him in the lagoon.

Confirming the arrest, the spokesperson of Lagos state police command SP Benjamin Hundeyin on his verified Twitter handle wrote that Ice Prince has been arrested and would be arraigned today.

“At about 3a.m @Iceprincezamani was stopped for driving without license plates. He agreed to be taken to the station.

“He, thereafter, abducted the police officer in his car, assaulted him, and threatened to throw him in the river. He has been arrested and would be arraigned today, ” the tweet noted.

Ice Prince was winner of the 2009 Hennessy Artistry Club Tour.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.