Assault: Seun Kuti’s Case Transferred to Criminal Investigations Unit, Panti

BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

The Lagos State command of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday transferred the case of the Afro beat singer Seun Kuti, to the Criminal Investigation Department Panti for further investigations.

NPO Reports correspondent who was at the state headquarters of the command Monday morning was informed that the case was transferred to Panti after the artiste submitted himself to the police as promised by his lawyer Femi Falana on Sunday.

Benjamin Hundeyin, state spokesman of the police told our correspondent that Seun Kuti came early in the morning and was accompanied to the headquarters by a lawyer from the chamber of Femi Falana SAN.

“He came this morning and he has been transferred to the State CID Panti”, Hundeyin told the NPO Reports

The singer was caught on camera on Saturday assaulting a police officer on the Third Mainland Bridge.

He was ordered arrested by the Inspector General of Police Usman Baba Alkali.

SOURCE: NPO

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Jude Ossai (JP) a veteran journalist is a National Diploma holder in Mass Communication from Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. He also studied at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu and Imo State University, Owerri for his first and second degrees in Mass Communication, respectively. He writes extensively on politics, crime, corruption, climate change, healthcare, human rights, social justice, among others.