AFROBEATS musician, Seun Kuti has been granted bail.
News Point Nigeria reports Kuti was granted bail on Tuesday after he was held for assaulting a police officer.
The Lagos State Police Command arraigned Kuti before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun of a Magistrate’s court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State.
The police sought to hold the defendant for 21 days pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
However, the counsel led by Femi Falana, SAN, begged the court to not remand his client, stating that he was not aware of the remand application.
Kuti had turned himself in at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja on Monday, following an order for his arrest by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba.
The defendant was charged with assault on a police officer, an offense contrary to Section 356 of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act.
