Seun Kuti has been released on Tuesday night on bail
By Emma Ogbuehi
Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti has been released on Tuesday night on bail, from the detention of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos.
Sources quoted his lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, as confirming the latest development. His eventual release has cleared the air on the initial mix-up that trailed his stay in the custody.
Earlier reports had claimed that Justice Adeola Olatubosun of the Chief Magistrates Court in Yaba, Lagos State, had reportedly adjourned the trial of the musician, to Wednesday, May 24, 2023.
According to media reports, the trial, which was slated for today, May 23, 2023, was said to have been adjourned as a result of the judge’s absence from the court.
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But his lawyer has put a seal on the confusion. “Yes, Ṣeun Kuti was released minutes ago,” he reportedly told The Punch.
A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State last week Thursday granted an application by the police for an extension of remand of Seun Kuti until Tuesday (today), to enable the police conclude its investigation, and for the advice of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution.
The police had told the court that the two days remand extension that was earlier granted was not enough for it to conclude its investigation.
The police charged him with slapping an inspector after he drove dangerously on the bridge, and deliberately blocked a moving police vehicle.
Kuti was arraigned last Tuesday, during which the Chief Magistrate earlier ordered his remand for 48 hours, and held that the defendant be admitted to bail in the sum of N1 million with two sureties in like sum, at the end of the 48-hour remand.
However, following a second arraignment last Thursday, the magistrate adjourned the case until May 23 for mention and directed the prosecutor to duplicate the case file and forward a copy to the state director of public prosecutions for advice.
