The Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State command, is plotting to ensure the detained Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, is taken to the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, in order to certify that he is “mentally sick.” SaharaReporters had earlier reported that Seun Kuti refused to give out his blood to the police for medical examination after the command got the magistrate to amend her ruling and do their bidding.
Nigerian Police Plot To Take Afrobeat Musician, Seun Kuti To Neuropsychiatric Hospital In Ogun Amid ProtestsRecall that a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates Court in Lagos presided over by Adeola Olatubosun granted the police's application for an extension of Seun Kuti's remand for an additional four days.
“The police are trying to take the Afrobeat musician to the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State to declare him mentally sick. You can imagine what that can cause his musical career in Nigeria and abroad,” a source told TheNews on Monday. A closer look at the document used to collect Seun's blood reveals that the court"further orders the applicant to obtain a medical doctor to examine the Respondent as provided in section 5 Administration of Criminal Justice Law, 2015."
The campaign had made the demand in a statement released by social activist, Francis Nwapa, in which he called on Nigerian youths, workers and the general public to join in the #FreeSeunKuti campaign and the court sitting on May 23, 2023 at the Magistrate Court at Yaba, Lagos State.
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