Seun, the youngest son of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti, spent his first night in the custody of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday.
On the morning of the same day, Seun had turned himself in at the State Criminal Investigation Department, popularly known as Panti, in Yaba, Lagos State.
He was accompanied by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, and a lawyer from Falana and Falana Chambers, Femi Akinyemi.
Sean Kuti Will Be Arraigned
According to the police, the Afrobeat singer will be taken to court today for arraignment.
He is being charged for assaulting a police officer on duty in Lagos on Saturday.
To make matters worse, the assault was captured in a viral video.
Also, a police officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, told The PUNCH that the musician turned himself in on Monday.
He was handcuffed and detained, making him spend the night in custody.
Hundeyin is the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos.
“Seun Kuti is still in our custody; he’ll be arraigned once investigation is concluded.”
No Statement
Also, Seun Kuti refused to put down any statement on his first day in detention.
It is a standard practice for those under interrogation to write statements while being grilled by detectives.
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But the musician insisted on seeing Femi Falana, another Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), before writing any statement.
Falana had sent Akinyemi, one of the lawyers in his chambers, to represent him when Kuti turned himself in at the Lagos Police Command headquarters.
But all through the time he was under interrogation, Kuti refused to put anything in writing.
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“He was moved to Panti after hours of interrogation at the command headquarters,” a police source told Daily Trust.
