Yesterday, It was reported that Mercy Aigbe was arrested by heavily armed policemen at the Olaiya Junction area of Osogbo, the Osun State capital..
A witness told Punch Newspaper that the policemen fired three gunshots into the air before whisking the actress and her brother, who drove her in a Honda Accord car away to an unknown place..
It was not clear why the police team arrested her, but our correspondent gathered that the policemen were on a stop-and-search when they saw a police cap on the dashboard of Aigbe’s car..
However, Mercy Aigbe came out today to clear the air to say that she wasn’t arrested by the police..
The actress said she was shooting a movie in Oshogbo and was on a break with her PA and driver when policemen double crossed them and started harassing them for no reason..
The people in the community gathered to boo the police officials, that was when they started shooting into the air..
The matter was later resolved at the police headquarters in Oshogbo.
See the post she used to clear the air below:-
Morning Fam, it has come to my attention that news has been flying around that I was arrested by the police in Osogbo..
For the records I was never ARRESTED! I was shooting a movie in osogbo and was going for a break with my PA and Driver when we saw a police van chasing us, they later double crossed us, came out of their van and started banging the bonnet of my car asking us to come down..
I was shocked and scared because I didn’t know what was going on..
I stepped out of the car to ask them what happened and why they double crossed us in that manner, the policemen started shouting and acting crazy pointing his gun at me..
On seeing his behaviour, i took out my phone and started to record them, one of them forcefully collected my phone from me..
My PA also started recording them with an ipad and the policeman slapped her and threw the iPad away..
At this point a lot of crowd had already gathered when they saw me and what was happening and they started booing them, saying that is how osogbo policemen harass innocent citizens..
When the policemen saw the large crowd supporting us and that they could be mobbed, they stylishly left only to call for reinforcement of other Police officers..
Those ones came and started shooting sporadically into the air , everyone had to run for their lives..
The police officers then forcefully collected my car key & car documents from my driver and even tried to beat him up..
They then ushered us into my car and and a police man drove us to their state headquarters..
On getting there, we were taken to the office of the assistant commissioner of police where we narrated what happened and how their men harassed us and caused unnecessary commotion!…..
I even showed him the videos Irecorded.
The ACP then apologised and pleaded with me to delete the videos..
We settled the matter and I went back to work. ….Big thanks to my family, friends and fans for checking up on me…
