May 16, (THEWILL) – Afrobeat artiste, Seun Kuti, spent the night in police custody after turning himself in on Monday.
He was detained as police couldn’t complete their investigation into allegations of assault levelled against him.
Kuti was later moved from the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, where he was interrogated into the night.
The singer was later moved to a cell where he spent the night. The outcome of his interrogation on Tuesday, will determine if he will be arraigned in court same day or not.
Meanwhile, his lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, has faulted the police for taking Kuti’s pictures and placing a handcuff on him.
“Seun Kuti was handcuffed and his photograph was taken in the open by the Lagos PPRO, David Hundeyin, who coordinated the parade and apparently shared the photograph of his parade in the media.
“Kuti is presumed innocent until the contrary is proved by the State. Therefore, the decision of the police to subject him to the media parade violates section 9 of the Lagos State Administration of Criminal Justice Law, which has prohibited any form of parade of criminal suspects in Nigeria, in Lagos State.
“The Police are supposed to enforce the Law but prefer to disrespect and break it so casually and randomly. A Police institution that has no respect for the law it exists to enforce is not a good example to alleged lawbreakers.
“The decision of the police to handcuff Kuti is equally illegal as it constitutes a violation of Section 5 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law,” he stated.
