Nigeria, Dec. 31 -- A legal practitioner, Rockson Igelige, and members of the Obaseki family have raised serious concerns over the credibility of the Edo State Police Command's investigation into the alleged assault, abduction and detention of Nollywood filmmaker and media executive, Don Pedro Obaseki.

Mr Obaseki, a pioneer of early Nollywood productions such as Igodo (1999) and Eziza, was reportedly attacked on Sunday by a group of youths who accused him of disrespecting the Oba of Benin during a meet-and-greet session in London.

Videos of the incident, which quickly circulated on social media, showed Mr Obaseki being stripped, dragged and publicly humiliated before being taken to the palace of the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II.

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