Assault: Police IG, Alkali Baba orders immediate arrest, prosecution of Seun Kuti

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the immediate arrest of afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti. Alkali Baba directed the Lagos

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the immediate arrest of afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti.He gave the order following Seun’s assault on a police officer.

DAILY POST reported that the Grammy-nominated afrobeat singer was captured in a viral video assaulting a police operative in uniform. A terse statement by the Force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, equally ordered a “speedy and full investigation into the remote and immediate causes of the assault and prosecution of the suspect accordingly.”

The statement reads: “IGP Usman Alkali Baba assures Nigerians that acts of contempt/disdain for symbols of authority will not be tolerated while offenders of such hideous crimes will be surely brought to book.”

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