IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Award-winning Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia a.k.a ‘2face Idibia’ has called for the release of his colleague, Panshak Zamani, popularly known as Ice Prince.
The rapper was arrested in the early hours of Friday, 2 September, for allegedly abducting and assaulting a police officer in Lagos.
A magistrate court sitting in the Ajah area of Lagos State remanded the musician at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for alleged assault on a police officer.
Ice Prince allegedly threatened to throw him in the river after he was arrested for driving without license plate.
The Lagos State Police Command arraigned the singer on a three-count charge of assault, obstructing a policeman from carrying out his statutory duties and abduction.
When the counts were read to him, he pleaded not guilty.
Magistrate Taiwo Oyaniyi subsequently granted him bail in the sum of N500,000 and he is also to provide the court with two responsible sureties. The Magistrate ordered that he be remanded in the correctional center until he fulfills his bail condition. He then adjourned further proceedings in the case till September 7.
Taking to his Instagram story on Saturday, September 3, Tuface demanded the release of Ice Prince.
“Has it become a crime to be a young person in this country?” he wrote.
“Every protest and struggle is also for you to have better pay, equipment and proper retirement benefits. #FreeIcePrince” he added.