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.
The Chief Magistrates Court in Yaba, Lagos State, presided over by Adeola Olatubosun, has adjourned the trial of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, to Wednesday. The sitting could not hold after the magistrate absented herself from the court, SaharaReporters was told. “Seun has been taken back to the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti,” a source at the court said. "The court sitting has been adjourned till tomorrow; the magistrate is not around."
The #FreeSeunKuti campaign has asked the Nigeria Police Force to drop what it described as trumped-up charges against the Nigeria singer, Seun Kuti, and release him from detention as he has met his bail conditions. The campaign is supported by the African Action Congress (AAC), the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC), the Movement of the People (MOP), the Socialist Equality Movement (SEM), the Movement for African Emancipation (MAE), Workers and Youth Solidarity Network (WYSN) as well as other individuals.