Lagos police spokesperson SP Abimbola Adebisi (L), Sammy Daniels (M) and Regina Daniels (L)
The Lagos State Police Command has now clarified its role in the arrest of actress Regina Daniels’ brother, Samuel “Sammy” Daniels.
Amid growing online accusations, the police now say Lagos officers had no hand in the arrest, contrary to public assumption.
According to the Command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, Sammy was not arrested by Lagos police operatives.
Instead, police officers from Abuja, acting on an official assignment, carried out the arrest with a duly signed warrant.
However, because the arrest occurred late in the evening, the officers had to temporarily lodge Sammy at the Ogombo Police Division in Lagos before transporting him for further investigation.
“The individual in question was not arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command. The officers who effected the arrest came from Abuja with a duly signed arrest warrant. The suspect was temporarily detained at Ogombo Division due to the late hour, pending further procedural action,” she said.
The clarification follows rising online tension after Regina’s elder brother, Lawrence Daniels, took to social media claiming that Senator Ned Nwoko, Regina’s estranged husband, was responsible for Sammy’s arrest. He warned that if anything happens to their family, Nwoko should be questioned.
Read the full statement below: