Amal Umar, a top Kannywood actress has been arrested by operatives of the Kano State Police Command over allegations of bribery.
According to the Police, Umar gave an officer 250,000 naira to have her impounded car released.
The car was seized over a year ago on suspicion that it was purchased using proceeds of fraud allegedly committed by her boyfriend, Ramadan Inuwa.
“She gave our officer 250,000 [naira] with a promise to bring more money,” Kano police spokesman, Bashir Muhammad told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Meanwhile, the actress’s lawyer, Adama Usman has maintained that the charges are false, adding that it was the police officer who first asked for money.
Usman told the BBC they would continue to fight the case in court as she thinks the ‘Fuska Biyu’ star was coerced.
“This is simply a case of abuse of her rights. We won the initial case in court where they were trying to link her with her boyfriend’s activities which she has no hands in,” the lawyer told the BBC.
“But the police are yet to obey court orders four months in by still holding on to her car.
“On this case of attempted bribery they are claiming, we are going to pursue it to the end because she was called to come and collect her car only for things to change,” the lawyer said.
Amal, 24, who regained her freedom on bail, is a popular face in the northern Nigeria movie industry, where she has appeared in countless movies over the years.
Police say Amal’s boyfriend Ramadan Inuwa is wanted on charges of obtaining money by false pretences and is still at large.
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