BREAKING: Police arrest Popular singer, Timaya in Lagos

One of the popular Nigerian Singers, Timaya Inetimi, popularly known as Timaya has been arrested by Nigeria police in Lagos State.

Timaya was arrested hours after he was accused of injuring a lady with his car at the Ikate area of Lagos on Wednesday.

According to Pulse Nigeria, policemen stormed the residence of the Dancehall musician on Thursday morning and whisked him away.

An Instagram user, Osinubi Omowumi, who said she was the sister of the victim claimed that Timaya injured her sister after she challenged him for hitting her vehicle.

She wrote on her Instagram page, @whyte_26, “These celebrities and how they behave. Timaya nearly killed my sister this morning. He hit her with his car and run at Ikate few hours ago.

“He hit my sister’s car and she came down to ask him to look at what he did. This heartless human was asking for a number and she told him he would block her. Instead of @timayatimaya to do the needful, he hit my sister with his car and ran away.

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“She is at the hospital right now in serious pain and the funniest part is that I messaged him on Instagram to do the needful, but this wicked fellow blocked me after reading my message.”

To back up her claims, she further shared screenshots of her chat with Timaya.

Omownmi also shared videos of her bleeding sister who was undergoing treatment. The victim was injured on the head and leg.

Meanwhile, he had tweeted early Thursday morning, “Me no get no bad mind for nobody.”

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