The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to arrest Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, who was captured in a video assaulting a police officer in uniform.
The IGP equally ordered a speedy and full investigation into the cause(s) of the assault and prosecution of the famous singer.
Kuti was seen in a viral video slapping a police officer on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on Saturday.
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This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday, May 13, by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.
Baba further assured Nigerians that “acts of contempt/disdain for symbols of authority will not be tolerated while offenders of such hideous crimes will be surely brought to book.”
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