Police Starve Seun Kuti, Deny His Wife Access To Him - Lawyer
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A senior Advocate of Nigeria and counsel to troubled music star
Seun Kuti, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, has expressed concern over the welfare of
his client over claims that the music star is being starved while in
detention.
Kuti’s lawyer, in a statement, slammed the
investigation conducted by Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos State Police Public
Relations Officer, regarding the incident.
Olumide-Fusika, in the
same statement, disclosed that not only did the police refuse to provide his
client with food, but his wife was denied access to him as well, causing the
music star to starve.
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He continued saying that Kuti would address Hundeyin’s published
“investigative findings” in due course, at an appropriate time and place,
defending himself against any allegations made.
He said, “Mr.
Benjamin Hundeyin who goes by the formal title of Lagos State Police Public
Relations Officer but doubles as the Investigating Police Officer into the
case of alleged assault of a policeman by my client, Mr. Seun Kuti, has issued
a Report of his investigative work.
“Mr. Seun Kuti would have
expected that having completed his investigative work, Mr. Benjamin Hundeyin,
a law enforcer, would proceed according to law by sending the file containing
his report of investigation for legal evaluation towards possible
prosecution.
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“Mr. Seun Kuti is nevertheless not surprised that Mr. Benjamin Hundeyin chose
instead to make his investigative report the subject of the media publication,
as for instance, in the Punch online publication of Monday, May 15, 2023,
titled ‘Assault: Seun Kuti apologized, gave cop ₦12,000 to repair the
vehicle, police say’.
“According to Mr. Benjamin Hundeyin, in his
investigative report handed over to The Punch, ‘Seun Kuti was the one that
bashed the officer’s vehicle, and the policeman followed him to call his
attention to it, but the musician alighted from his car and slapped the
policeman as seen in the trending video. However, the officer reported the
incident at the Police Command in Ikeja.’
“The policeman was
alone. After the altercation, he followed Seun Kuti to his home in Ikeja, and
the musician apologized to the policeman and gave him ₦12,000 to repair his
damaged vehicle. But the officer reported the incident at the Area F Police
Command in Ikeja, and deposited the ₦12,000 at the counter while he gave a
written statement concerning the incident.’
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“Although he had been with the Police since 8:00 am on Monday 15th May
2023, Mr. Seun Kuti notes that it was at about 8:00 pm that day, after Mr.
Benjamin Hundeyin had already completed and published his investigative report
above, that he was asked to make a statement to the Police at the Force
Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba.
“Mr. Seun Kuti has
therefore volunteered to his interlocutors a statement to the effect that
since Mr. Benjamin Hundeyin has already done the investigation and issued and
published his report on it, there was no useful purpose to be served by any
statement from him. He will, at the right time and place, and in as rigorous a
manner possible under the law, defend himself against Mr. Hundeyin’s published
‘investigative findings’.
“The consequence of this for Mr. Seun
Kuti was that his wife was refused the “privilege” of delivering a meal to
him, even though there was no other arrangement in place to have him fed. We
await the next move of the Police on the allegation of crime against Mr. Seun
Kuti.”
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Recall that Seun Kuti was arrested and handcuffed on Monday following his
visit to the state police command.
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