Idowu Oluwatosin Olakunle who is poplar known as a Nigerian hairstylist was arrested for gay look.

The hairstylist who has styled celebrities including Peter Okoye of Psquare, Iyanya, Orezi and 9ice, took to Intasgram to narrate how the Nigerian police arrested him in Lagos while on his way to see a client on May 29. He wrote: “So this morning by 9am, I was on my way to style someone at Ogudu, I entered a public transport and was stopped by a guy at Ojota who asked me to introduced myself I asked why he said his police, they asked for my ID card I showed them, then he said I looked like a girl in my ID and that was how they started yelling and calling me names, then they took me and put me in their bus, took me all the way from Ojota to IWAYA POLICE POST.” 

Oluwatosin who’s now demanding for justice said he was locked up for seven hours and was granted bail for the sum of N5,000. The stylist continued: “…then I asked what my offence was, they said I look like GAY, INDECENT ACT and I’m too SLIM that I’m a witch and I’m looking derain in nature . I was locked up from 9am – 4pm before they release me I was told to pay a sum of 5,000 naira. Please since when did been slim become an offence in LAGOS. I was unjustly maltreated today by the POLICE and I demand justice. ? ?”

Nigerian celebrities that have been harassed by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) include rapper Falz, singer Dr. Sid, and show host, Dotun of CoolFM.

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