The lawyer says Seun Kuti declined to give a written statement because the police published their findings on his matter without his input.
Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, a lawyer of the afrobeat star detained for assaulting a police officer, Seun Kuti, has alleged that his client was being maltreated by the police.
Mr Olumide-Fusika accused the police spokesperson in Lagos State, Benjamin Hundeyin, of doubling as the “Investigating Police Officer into the case of alleged assault of a policeman by my client, Mr. Seun Kuti” and issuing a “report of his investigative work.” “The policeman was alone. After the altercation, he followed Seun Kuti to his home in Ikeja, and the musician apologised to the policeman and gave him ₦12,000 to repair his damaged vehicle.
“Mr Seun Kuti has therefore volunteered to his interlocutors a statement to the effect that since Mr. Benjamin Hundeyin has already done the investigation and issued and published his report on it, there was no useful purpose to be served by any statement from him. While replying to an inquiry via Twitter on Monday, Mr Hundeyin said the singer was handcuffed because the law allows it.
He was subsequently placed on arrest, handcuffed and taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department at Panti, Yaba area of Lagos. The police said that he will face trial upon completion of their investigation.A human right lawyer, Monday Ubani, speaking to PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday, knocked the police for handcuffing the singer and parading him “like a common criminal.”
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