Fela Anikulapo’s Afrobeat singer son Seun Kuti, was on Monday morning handcuffed and taken into custody after he turned himself in to the Nigerian Police following an incident where he was captured in a viral video slapping a uniformed policeman in Lagos.
The Lagos State command of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday transferred his case to the Criminal Investigation Department Panti for further investigations.
Benjamin Hundeyin, state spokesman of the police said Seun Kuti came early in the morning and was accompanied to the headquarters by a lawyer from the chamber of Femi Falana SAN.
“He came this morning and he has been transferred to the State CID Panti,” Hundeyin said.
The singer was caught on camera on Saturday assaulting a police officer on the Third Mainland Bridge.
The singer whose immediate arrest was ordered by the Inspector General of Police (IG) Alkali Usman, had gone into hiding as operatives went in search of him at his residence and other places he frequented.
But on Sunday evening, rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) announced he had been briefed to represent Kuti and the suspect would turn himself into the police Monday morning.
Keeping to the promise, Kuti, according to a statement by police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, presented himself to the police in the presence of his lawyer and a family representative.
He was thereafter arrested and being interrogated by detectives.
A short video showed Kuti with hands cuffed at his back while being escorted upstairs to an interrogation room.
Confirming his arrest, Hundeyin wrote: “Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, in the early hours of today turned himself in at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, in company of his lawyer and family representative.
“He has been placed under arrest in line with the law.
“The command appreciates the public for their concern and assures that the ongoing investigation will be detailed, transparent, professionally pursued; and justice will be manifestly served for all parties involved.”
