Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti will spend the night in police custody for assaulting an officer.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos police spokesman, confirmed this to Newslodge by phone on Monday.
He said the singer will face trial after the completion of his investigation.
After the altercation with the officer yet to be identified, the singer turned himself in at the Ikeja police command in Lagos in the company of his lawyer and family representative.
Seun Kuti placed under arrest and detained at the state CID in Lagos
He was subsequently arrested, handcuffed and taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Panti, Yaba area of Lagos.
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Earlier through his Twitter account, Hundeyin said that “the ongoing investigation will be detailed, transparent and professional; and justice will manifestly be done for all parties involved.”
Muyiwa Adejobi, the spokesman for the Force said that the singer is being interrogated at SCID.
“Assault: Seun Kuti under interrogation at Panti State CID,” he said.
“We speak and act against the attacks and assaults on the police, it is evil and criminal.”
Inspector General of PolicePGI Usman Alkali Baba, had ordered Seun’s arrest after a video of the musician assaulting a policeman surfaced online.
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