The Lagos State Police Command has arrested and detained popular social media influencer Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, following a viral video showing him driving recklessly and crashing his vehicle during a live-stream.
According to a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, on Tuesday and made available to PUNCH Online, the arrest followed public outrage over the incident, which occurred on Sunday, December 14, 2025.
In the statement, the police said the suspect’s actions posed a serious threat to public safety and warranted immediate intervention.
“The Lagos State Police Command has arrested and detained, for further investigation, Habeeb Hamzat aka ‘PELLER’, subsequent to the viral video that surfaced online on Sunday 14th December, 2025, in which he was seen driving recklessly, leading to a dangerous road crash and serious motor accident, while the incident was being live-streamed, thereby endangering his life and that of other road users”, the statement partly read.
The command described the act as extremely dangerous, stressing that such behaviour could have resulted in fatal consequences for both the suspect and innocent road users.
“His action constitutes a deliberate attempt to commit suicide and endangers the lives of other innocent people”,. the statement continued.
The police further disclosed that the matter had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for a comprehensive probe.
