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Nigerian musician, Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti, who is popularly known Seun Kuti, has been arraigned by the Lagos State command of the Nigeria Police Force for assault.
Seun, who is the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, leads his father’s former band Egypt 80.
It was gathered that he was arraigned before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun of a Magistrate’s Court in the Yaba area of Lagos State on Tuesday.
The defendant was charged with assault on a police officer, an offence contrary to Section 356 of the Criminal Code Act of Nigeria.
The musician spent the night with the police at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba on Monday.
The police prosecutor, S. A. Adebese prayed the court to remand the defendant for 21 days pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
Seun turned himself in at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja in the early hours of Monday, accompanied by his lawyer and family representatives.
He was subsequently arrested and moved to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Pantin.
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