The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a preferred hip-hop artiste, Inetimi Timaya Odon, higher generally known as Timaya.
An Instagram consumer, Osinubi Omowunmi, had accused the musician of hitting a woman within the Ikate space of the state on Wednesday.
Omowunmi recognized the sufferer as her sister.
Omowunmi alleged that the singer hit her sister’s automobile and when he was confronted, he additionally hit the sufferer.
She wrote on her Instagram web page, @whyte_26, “These celebrities and the way they behave. Timaya almost killed my sister this morning. He hit her along with his automobile and run at Ikate few hours in the past.
“He hit my sister’s automobile and he or she got here right down to ask him to take a look at what he did. This heartless human was asking for quantity and he or she informed him he would block her. As a substitute of @timayatimaya to do the needful, he hit my sister along with his automobile and ran away.
“She is on the hospital proper now in critical ache and the funniest half is that I messaged him on Instagram to do the needful, however this depraved fellow blocked me after studying my message.”
Confirming Timaya’s arrest in a tacit response on Thursday, the police spokesperson within the state, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, stated, “He’s being investigated for a case of great motor accident.”