BREAKING: Court grants bail to musician, Seun Kuti

BREAKING: Court grants bail to musician, Seun Kuti

The Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, Lagos, has granted bail to Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti.

The court also ordered the police to finish their investigations into the alleged assault of a policeman in 48 hours and allow Kuti to go home.

“The court grants police 48 hours to complete ‘their investigations’ after which Kuti can be left to go home on bail.

“Kuti’s bail is with two sureties who must be with landed property in Lagos,” a witness said.

The Chief Magistrate also asked the police to exclude themselves from prosecuting him.

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She directed that the case file should be duplicated and forwarded to the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions for prosecution.

The police prosecutors said during the court session that the assaulted policeman was in a coma, and receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital.

SaharaReporters quoted a witness at the court as saying, “The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adeola Olatunbosun of the Magistrate Court 1 Yaba, took statement from the Nigeria Police applying to detain Seun Kuti for 21 days, claiming the policeman he allegedly assaulted was in a coma at an undisclosed hospital.

“However, Kuti’s lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, countered that the police already stated publicly that the police officer trailed and went to Seun’s house and accepted N12,000 to repair his car. It also emerged that the DCP in Panti had gone to meet the magistrate earlier before secretly moving Seun to the court without notifying his lawyer.

“They also accused Seun of not writing a statement. But Olumide-Fusika countered that he was there when Seun wrote a statement.

BREAKING: Court grants bail to musician, Seun Kuti