The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered immediate arrest of Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat maestro, Fela Kuti over assault on Nigeria Police officer.
Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer in a statement on saturday revealed that the singer was captured in video assaulting a police officer in uniform.
Seun was seen in a viral video going round social, when he was arguing with the police officer standing in the middle of the road.
“You dey craze! You dey mad!” he could be heard saying as he slapped the policeman.
It is unclear where the incident happened but the video has generated different reactions.
It is unclear what led to the action of the singer’s son.
“The IGP has equally ordered a speedy and full investigation into the remote and immediate cause(s) of the assault and prosecution of the suspect accordingly.”
“IGP Usman Alkali Baba assures Nigerians that acts of contempt/disdain for symbols of authority will not be tolerated while offenders of such hideous crimes will be surely brought to book,” Adejobi said in a statement.
The development comes weeks after music star, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable was arrested for harassing some policemen.
Portable was detained at police headquarters in Ogun state, subsequently arraigned at a magistrate’s court in Ifo Local Government Area where he was sent to Ilaro Prison pending the fulfilment of his bail condition.
The musician only spent a few hours at prison before he was released.