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One in every of Nigeria’s hottest actresses has been arrested for allegedly attempting to bribe a police officer in Kano state.
Police say Amal Umar gave an officer 250,000 naira (£137; $175) to have her impounded automobile launched.
Her lawyer Adama Usman says she denies the costs, saying it was a police officer who first requested for cash.
She has appeared in a whole lot of films over the previous decade and can also be well-known in neighbouring nations.
Amal, as she is thought by followers of Kano’s movie business, Kannywood, has thousands and thousands of followers on social media.
In keeping with the police, Amal’s automobile was seized over a 12 months in the past on suspicion it had been bought utilizing proceeds of fraud allegedly dedicated by her boyfriend.
“She gave our officer 250,000 [naira] with a promise to convey more cash,” Kano police spokesman Bashir Muhammad instructed the BBC.
Amal’s lawyer Mrs Usman instructed the BBC they’d proceed to struggle the case in courtroom as she thinks the Fuska Biyu star was coerced.
“That is merely a case of abuse of her rights. We received the preliminary case in courtroom the place they have been attempting to hyperlink her together with her boyfriend’s actions which she has no arms in,” the lawyer instructed the BBC.
“However the police are but to obey courtroom orders 4 months in by nonetheless holding on to her automobile.
“On this case of tried bribery they’re claiming, we’re going to pursue it to the top as a result of she was known as to return and gather her automobile just for issues to alter,” the lawyer stated.
Amal, 24, has been freed on bail.
Police say Amal’s boyfriend Ramadan Inuwa is needed on expenses of acquiring cash by false pretences and remains to be at massive.
He has not commented on the accusations.
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