Nigerian afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, has told the police personnel in Yaba, Lagos State that he would not volunteer any statement since the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Benjamin Hundeyin, had already concluded his investigation and published the same report in the media. Kuti, speaking through his lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, in an update on Tuesday morning, noted that he would “at the right time and place” defend himself against Hundeyin’s published “investigative findings.”
The Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command, has secretly moved Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, to the Yaba Magistrate Court for arraignment without notifying his lawyers as part of a desperate bid to get back at the musician. SaharaReporters learnt that the Magistrate Court was scheduled to begin sitting by 12pm, but Seun Kuti and his lawyers, who had got wind of the secret arraignment, were already in court.
Mr Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, Seun Kuti’s lawyer, has given the reason that his client refused to write any statement to the Police. The lawyer, in a statement Tuesday morning said although his client had been with the Police since 8:00am on Monday 15th May, 2023, “Seun Kuti notes that it was at about 8:00pm that…