Police secure court order to detain Seun Kuti till Monday

The Lagos State Police Command has secured a court order to detain Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti till Monday, according to his lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN).

Speaking on Channels Television on Thursday, the lawyer explained that the police approached the Magistrate’s Court in Yaba for a variation of the bail earlier granted to the singer.

The lawyer added that the singer was not represented in court on Thursday as the police did not inform his legal team that they were appearing in court.

Olumide-Fusika added that by the time he got to court, the deed had been done.

The lawyer said though the police applied for a variation of the bail, the Magistrate refused and extended Kuti’s detention till Monday.

It would be recalled that on Tuesday, the court granted Kuti bail with conditions to be met within 48 hours.

The musician has been at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba since Monday after he turned himself into the police following an order for his arrest by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba.

The singer was captured on video slapping and assaulting a policeman on a busy Lagos road.