Police in Lagos arraigned Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti on Tuesday before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun of a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yaba.
The defendant was charged with assault on a police officer, an offense contrary to Section 356 of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act.
The prosecutor S. A Adebese prayed the court to remand the defendant for 21 days pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
But Seun’s lawyer Femi Falana urged the court not to grant the prosecution’s wish, stating that he was not aware of the remand application.
As of the time of filing this report, the court had gone on recess for the magistrate to study the case file.
Seun Kuti was arrested and detained on Monday after he turned himself in at the Command’s headquarters in Ikeja.
The singer slapped a police officer in uniform on Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on Saturday. A video of the incident went viral.
Seun Kuti, son of the legendary Fela Kuti, said he has evidence the police officer “tried to kill” him and his family.
