The Lagos State Police Command has obtained a court order detaining embattled Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti until Monday, according to the defendant’s lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN).
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.
According to the lawyer, the artist was not represented in court on Thursday since the police did not notify his legal team that they would be coming in court.
Olumide-Fusika stated that by the time he arrived at court, the deed had been completed.
According to the lawyer, even though the police requested a variation of the bond, the Magistrate rejected and extended Kuti’s arrest until Monday.
Police spokesman in Lagos, Benjamin Hundeyin, could not be reached for comments as of the time of filing this report.
On Tuesday, the court granted Kuti bail with conditions to be met within 48 hours.
The musician has been at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba since Monday after he turned himself in to the police following an order for his arrest by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba.
The singer was captured on video slapping and assaulting a policeman on a busy Lagos road.