Court Fixes Sept. 27 For Seun Kuti’s Assault Charge

Seun Kuti, an Afrobeat artist, will be charged on September 27 in a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly attacking a police officer.

The chief magistrate, Mrs. Adeola Olatunbosun, was supposed to preside over the arraignment, but she was conspicuously absent owing to an alleged illness.
The court postponed the musician’s arraignment until September 27 due to the Chief Magistrate’s absence.

The Inspector of Police, Mohammed Aminu, who is attached to the Police Training College in Ikeja, was allegedly assaulted by the Afrobeat musician on May 13, 2023, while he was on official business and wearing a police uniform on the Third Mainland bridge in Lagos, according to SCIID officers.

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The video clip, which went viral on social media, showed him pushing the policeman and proceeded to slap him. The police, through their lawyers, have approached the court on May 16, 2023, for his remand, pending the conclusion of investigation.

At the end of the investigation, the defendant was dragged before the court for arraignment, which was stalled following arguments of his counsel, who told the court that the police could not be the complainant and prosecutor at the same time on the matter.
Consequently, the Chief Magistrate, conceded to the defence team’s submissions, and ordered the police to forward the case’s duplicate file to the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for a legal advice.

One of the police lawyers, Mr. O. Cyril, who was in court, yesterday, for the musician’s arraignment, said the DPP had advised that the Afrobeat musician be prosecuted for assault. Though, neither Seun nor any of his lawyers was in court, the registrars fixed September 27, for his arraignment.

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