Laide Bakare Broke Traffic Laws By Driving On BRT Lane – SP Benjamin Hundeyin

The spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin has come out to respond to a video Nollywood actress, Laide Bakare released on social media.

Laide recently called out some police officers for allegedly harassing her and driving off with her 14-year-old daughter alone in her car, and fans have been reacting.

Also reacting, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said that the moviestar was stopped for contravening traffic laws by driving on the lane dedicated to BRT buses.

He added that the actress was only made to pay a fine of N70,000 for her offence and no one laid a finger on her.

His words, “You were stopped for contravening traffic laws by driving on the BRT lane. You chose to create a scene. You chose to remain out of your vehicle when it was being taken to LAMATA office. The officers were not going to succumb to your gimmick to hold them down at that spot. You rightly paid the correct fine for your offence – N70,000 – into government coffers. You left with the receipt and your vehicle. Not a finger was laid on you.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.