The Lagos State Police Command has addressed claims of assault made by popular Nigerian content creator and influencer, Papaya Ex.
Earlier, 626Blaze reported that Papaya Ex claimed that the incident occurred on Friday night while she was returning from a shoot.
During a TikTok live session, she appeared with a bleeding face and alleged that police officers hit her face with a gun, assaulted her breast, and also beat her driver.
While the alleged assault was not captured in the video, Papaya Ex was seen with visible injuries, including a wound on her face.
Reacting to this via social media, the Lagos Police spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin provided the command’s side of the story:
“Just before 2 a.m., police on night patrol stopped a car conveying three men and two women for a routine check. She bluntly refused, saying, ‘You cannot search my car. Don’t you know Papaya? Even your bosses know me.’
“She then chose to drive to the station. Her vehicle was ahead while the patrol vehicle followed behind. She instructed her driver to speed off, leaving the patrol vehicle far behind. At that rate, the patrol van was going to lose them, so the police had to radio the patrol team far ahead to intercept them. That was when the live session began,” Hundeyin stated.
He concluded, “@LagosPoliceNG will take it from here.”
