Police secure fresh court order to detain Seun Kuti till Monday

The police in Lagos State has secured a court order to detain Seun Kuti, the embattled Afrobeat singer, till Monday, the defendant’s lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN) has said.

Speaking in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday, the lawyer said that the police approached the Magistrate’s Court in Yaba for variation of the bail earlier granted to the singer.

Olumide-Fusika said the singer was not represented in court on Thursday as the police did not inform his legal team that they were appearing in court.

According to him, by the time he got to court, the deed had been done.

The lawyer said though the police applied for the variation of the bail, the Magistrate refused and extended Kuti’s detention till Monday.