Musician, Yemi Alade, has slammed policemen from the Lagos Command for allegedly harassing her dancer, Tomisin.
In her Instagram post on Sunday, the 30-year-old said that he had been picked up because he was dancing in the streets.
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“This is #NIGERIA 🇳🇬, Lagos state CMS police station Yesterday, My dancer @tomisin_tomtom was harassed for dancing on the streets by policemen not wearing uniform. What was his crime? dancing!!! Only in #NIGERIA that uniformed men will rather Prey on the innocent and protect the guilty.🖤💔✊🏾 .
“Thankfully he was released yesterday but they have seized his phone.WHY? THEY SAID HE HAS TO COME AND SEE THEIR AREA COMMANDER THE NEXT DAY!! WHY?? WHY SUCH ABUSE OF POWER,” she wrote.
Yemi Alade received an honour from American video-sharing website, YouTube, for becoming the first African female artiste to pass 1 million subscribers last week.
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She shared a video of the moment she met music superstars, Beyoncé and Jay Z, at the European premiere of the Lion King movie earlier in July.
