Breaking: Seun Kuti Granted Bail

By Akinwale Kasali

Seun Kuti, son of late Afrobeat icon, Fela Anikulapo Kuti,has been granted bail  by a Magistrate Court in Yaba, Lagos.

Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun granted him the bail.

The defendant was charged with an assault on a Police Officer, an offence contrary to Section 356 of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act.

The Police Prosecutor, S.A Adebese had prayed that the Court remand the defendant for 21 days pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.

Counsel to the defendant, Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, begged the Court not to remand his client, stating that he was not aware of the remand application.

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