Police Arrest Quilox Club Owner Shina Peller, Seals Club
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According to several reports, Shina Peller, a member of the House of Representatives, was arrested and detained at the Moroko Police Station in Lagos State.
It is gathered that the lawmaker representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency, Oyo State, was reportedly arrested while trying to take the bail of some clubbers.
Peller who owns popular Lagos nightclub, Quilox was allegedly “at Maroko Poice Station to bail some of Club Quilox’s customers who had allegedly parked on the road during a show at the club”.
A statement released by his Press Secretary, Mr Kola Popoola explained that Honourable Peller informed the concerned Lagos traffic authorities about Quilox’s annual 36hours non-stop show that holds at the club to avoid unnecessary traffic gridlock.
The statement further went on to allege that upon the club owner’s arrival at the Moroko police station, the police started harassing him with his phones seized.
A photo of the club Quilox being sealed off also emerged online with reports that it was shut down by LASEPA. for noise pollution and traffic congestion.
Meanwhile, the reason behind this arrest has not been disclosed, as at the time we are filing this report.
Some few days back, Peller revealed that he has resigned from the management of the club since he became a member of the House.The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has sealed a popular night club in the state Quilox.
The club owned by a member of the House of Representatives Shina Abiola Peller was sealed over noise pollution and traffic congestion.
“The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (@LasepaInfo) has sealed popular Club Quilox, Victoria Island over Noise Pollution and Traffic Congestion,” Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s assistant on New Media Jubril Gawat tweeted on Monday.
LASEPA in a video posted on its social media on Sunday had warned Lagos residents against noise pollution and traffic congestion during the Yuletide season.
The agency’s general manager Dolapo Fasawe said the acceptable level of sounds including music is 65 decibels during the day and 55 decibels at night.
She also asked Lagos residents should obtain their noise permit from the agency so as to know how to manage their sounds for it not to become noise.
