The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has detained House of Representatives member Alex Mascot Ikwechegh following allegations of assaulting a Bolt driver in Abuja, News About Nigeria reports.
Josephine Adeh, the spokesperson for the Command, confirmed that Ikwechegh was brought to Maitama Police Station for questioning after the driver, Stephen Abuwatseya, reported the incident.
In a statement on Monday, police disclosed that Abuwatseya had formally filed a complaint after a viral video surfaced showing Ikwechegh, who represents Aba North & South Federal Constituency under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), slapping the driver during a heated exchange.
The video shows Ikwechegh, dressed casually in his compound, berating Abuwatseya, who was hired by a vendor to deliver snails to the lawmaker’s residence.
Reportedly, the altercation began when the driver requested that Ikwechegh come to his car to collect a delivered item.
The lawmaker then allegedly slapped the driver multiple times, broke his phone, tore his clothes, and threatened to make him “disappear from Nigeria,” even if he were to contact the Inspector General of Police.
Ikwechegh reportedly refused to pay for the service and claimed his position as a lawmaker, further threatening to detain the driver in a generator room as punishment for what he perceived as disrespect.
“How can this idiot tell me I’m supposed to meet him in his car for a delivery? I can make this man disappear in all of Nigeria, and nothing will happen,” Ikwechegh declared in the video.
As the driver recorded the exchange, Ikwechegh boasted, “My name is Honourable Alexander Mascot Ikwechegh, I am a member of the House of Reps. Call the Inspector General of Police—let him come.”
Although Ikwechegh and the House of Representatives have yet to comment publicly on the incident, calls for accountability have surged online as Nigerians demand justice.
