Following the incarceration of Nigerian rap artist, Panshak Henry Zamani, better known as Ice Prince Zamani, for assaulting a police officer, music icon, 2Face Idibia, has wondered if it is a crime to be a young person in the country.
He, however, appealed for the release of Ice Prince, who is currently in Ikoyi prison for assaulting a police officer.
It would be recalled that the singer was earlier arrested for assaulting and threatening police after being flagged for driving an unlicensed vehicle.
Following his arraignment, 2Face emphasized the protests against the government which he stated to also be in the favor of the police while calling for the singer’s release.
In his words: “Has it become a crime to be a young person in this country??? Every protest and struggle is also for u to have better pay and equipment and proper retirement benefits,” he wrote in an Instastory post.
TheNewsGuru.com recalls that the Lagos State Police Command on Friday arraigned Ice Prince, for assaulting and abducting a policeman in the Lekki area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a tweet, said the music artiste was driving to a destination in the state when the police patrol team in the area stopped him around 3am for driving without license plates.
The policemen were said to have insisted that Ice Prince should visit the station and after agreeing, one of the policemen entered the vehicle.
Hundeyin, in a tweet, said, the artiste, thereafter, abducted the policeman, assaulted and threatened to throw him in the river, adding that Ice Prince was later arrested.
The PPRO said, “At 3am today, @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.”
“He (Ice Prince) is facing three-count bordering on assault, obstruction and abduction. He has been arraigned,” Hundeyin stated.
