A police source said Seun Kuti will be taken to the State Criminal Intelligence Department in Panti. Two days after his assault against a police officer, Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti visited the Ikeja police command on Monday, May 15, 2023.
The youngest son of the Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, was accompanied by Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
Recall that on Saturday, May 13, 2023, a viral video showed Kuti assaulting a police officer in uniform on the Third Mainland Bridge.
In the video, Kuti repeatedly yelled at the officer, manhandled him, and then struck him in the face.
Shortly after the video surfaced on social media, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba in a statement ordered the arrest of the musician.
“The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, CFR has ordered the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command to arrest Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, who was captured on video assaulting a police officer in uniform.
“The IGP has equally ordered a speedy and full investigation into the remote and immediate cause(s) of the assault and prosecution of the suspect accordingly,” the statement read.
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However, the outcome of Kuti and Falana’a visit the Lagos Police Command is not yet known, but according to Premium Times, a police source, who spoke to the online newspaper anonymously said the controversial singer would be “taken to the State Criminal Intelligence Department in Panti, Yaba area of the state”.
