Controversial Nollywood actor,
Jim Iyke, has opened up on his reported arrest at the Murtala Muhammad
International Airport Lagos.
On Monday, the popular actor was
captured in a video that went viral on social media which show him in a bit of
an altercation with law enforcement officers at the airport over a case of
alleged assault.
But speaking to reporters in
Abuja yesterday evening, Jim Iyke denied assaulting anyone at the airport
saying, “people are just amazing, the truth is that I was running late for a
flight in Abuja, and my people had sent my luggage a flight ahead. I tried hard
not to miss the flight, but by the time I made it to the gate, the captain had
almost shut the aircraft.”
He explained further that one of
the security guards close by got too eager and got involved.
“One of the security guards who
saw me struggling to make my way in got overzealous and got into an argument
with my PA. Then they started exchanging words and pointing fingers at the heat
of the moment.
“At the end of the day, we
couldn’t even make it (the flight) and when we were coming back, the airport
assistant went to call the police and said my Personal Assistant hit his face
and pushed him.
“But when the policeman saw that
it was me, I told them to let us go downstairs to resolve the matter, it was an
issue of tempers fraying. We then went downstairs and the matter was resolved.
I even boarded the same Dana Air Craft and I was shocked upon my arrival to
hear that I was arrested by the Police. Which Police?’
“I know that people need content,
but let’s not blow things out of proportion, I am not the kind of person who
will post a rejoinder on issues like this, because I will be fuelling the fire,
but we are all human and we lose our temper at different points in our lives,
especially with how rude and unprofessional people are and more bewildering is
the fact that people never want to hear the other side of the story
“The funny part is that this guy
they said I slapped came to pick me up at the lounge and took me to the plane.
He got me a better seat and I gave him little change because I know the country
is hard. We hugged and ended it on a great note.
“The manager himself took me to
the plane and I told him to school his staff on how to treat people. Its sad
the length that people will go to spread the fake news about people. Thank you
for being one of the credible media houses who actually confirm news before
publishing it,” Jim Iyke said.
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