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The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti following a video of his assault on a police officer.
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Seun, son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti was seen in a viral video slapping a policeman in Lagos State.
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Alkali Baba Usman, according to a statement from police spokesman, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi thereafter ordered the arrest of the musician.
Kuti on Monday turned himself in at the Lagos State Police command Headquarters, Ikeja accompanied by his lawyer and family representatives.
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The 40-year-old musician was subsequently arrested and moved to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Panti.
On Tuesday, he was arraigned before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun of a Magistrate’s Court in the Yaba area of Lagos State.
The defendant was charged with assault on a police officer, an offence contrary to Section 356 of the Criminal Code Act of Nigeria.
Kuti had spent the night with the police at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba on Monday.
The police prosecutor, S. A. Adebese prayed the court to remand the defendant for 21 days pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
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