The Nigerian Afrobeat star was arrested on Monday on suspicion of assaulting a police officer in the commercial hub of Lagos.
Seung Kuti was detained at the Lagos State Police headquarters after surrendering, according to police spokesman Benjamin Hundein, who tweeted a photo of the celebrities in handcuffs.
Kuti, the son of Nigerian music icon and political activist Fela, who was himself in serial custody by the Nigerian military junta, was “caught on video beating a uniformed police officer,” police said. announced.
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Videos posted online showed an agitated Kuti pushing past a police officer as he stood next to a police car on a highway in Lagos on Saturday.
It’s unclear what led to the clash, but Kuti tweeted that the officer in question “tried to kill me and my family.” He suggested that officers may have tried to ram their car.
Police Inspector General Uthman Al-Khali Baba ordered an investigation into the incident. Police said the inspector general “assured Nigerians that acts of disrespect or disrespect towards symbols of authority will not be tolerated, while ensuring that the perpetrators of such heinous crimes will be apprehended.”