The police have denied Seun Kuti’s wife the opportunity of delivering a meal to his husband in custody, his lawyer, Mr. Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN), has said.
That, the lawyer said, was despite the fact that there was no other arrangement in place to feed the Afrobeat musician Monday evening.
The lawyer made this known on Tuesday in a statement to give update on the case of assault against Seun Kuti.
His words: “…his wife was refused the “privilege” of delivering a meal to him in the evening of Monday May 15, 2023, even though there was no other arrangement in place to have him fed.”
Kuti turned himself in at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, following the order for his arrest by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, for slapping a police officer in uniform.
Seun’s attack on the police officer is contained in a video that has since gone viral.
According to the spokesman of the police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on his Twitter handle, Seun Kuti turned himself in in the company of his lawyer and family representative.
The spokesman said he had been arrested in line with the law.
He gave the assurance that the police would carry out detailed, transparent and professional investigation on the matter.
He also expressed the appreciation of members of the public for their concern expressed over the matter.
It would be recalled that the chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, Solomon Arase, has declared that Seun Kuti should be prosecuted without delay in order to serve as a deterrent to others.
Arase said in a statement that no matter the offence, nobody, including Kuti, had the right to assault a policeman on official duty.
