BREAKING: Alleged Police Assault: Afrobeat Musician, Seun Kuti Leaves Nigeria For Switzerland To Start European Summer Tour

SaharaReporters reported closing weekend that Kuti change into unable to relief his concert in Majorca Island, Spain, on account of his detention by the police who receive been desirous to search out incriminating evidence on him.  

Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, has left Nigeria for Switzerland where he will seemingly be starting off a summer season tour in Europe. 

This comes the same day he regained his freedom from the custody of the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos Command negate following his arrest and detention for allegedly assaulting a policeman.

SaharaReporters learnt that Seun left Lagos for Zurich for a summer season tour and that his followers there receive been already looking forward to his arrival for a present on Thursday.

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— Sahara Journalists (@SaharaReporters) Might per chance moreover 24, 2023

SaharaReporters reported closing weekend that Kuti change into unable to relief his concert in Majorca Island, Spain, on account of his detention by the police who receive been desirous to search out incriminating evidence on him.  

A source told SaharaReporters on Wednesday evening that Kuti left for “Switzerland on Air France alongside with his band participants at 11 pm Nigerian time”. 

“Kuti has flown out to Switzerland tonight to begin his summer season tour in Europe. He’s already uncared for hundreds of exhibits. His followers in Zurich are eagerly looking forward to him the next day evening,” the source added.

SaharaReporters had reported that Seun Kuti’s trial on the Yaba Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom change into adjourned to July 3.

It had moreover been reported that there change into a gentle drama within the court which change into witnessed by the Chief Justice of the Peace, Adeola Olatubosun as the Nigeria Police’s effort to trace musician Seun Kuti afresh for assault change into blocked by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN).

Falana raised two important applicable objections. First, he licensed that the police receive been true presenting the contemporary charges to him in court as a change of the forty eight hours prescribed by legislation and on account of this fact didn’t present the defendant with satisfactory time to put together his defence.

2nd, following the Chief Justice of the Peace’s uncover that the case file ought to be despatched to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, Falana described the police prosecutor’s most modern effort as contemptuous of the court uncover.

The Chief Justice of the Peace ordered the police to look DPP’s applicable advice on Might per chance moreover 16 2023, however the police refused to adhere to the uncover.

Falana told the court that they might be able to not prosecute except they charm the mediate’s uncover.

Seun’s lawyers had stated the reason of Tuesday’s sitting change into to receive the Lagos Command Director of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP) advice.

The real crew on Tuesday stated, “The Courtroom, as that it’s good to per chance recall, had ordered that the prosecution of the case ought to be by the DPP’s house of enterprise and no longer by the Police, hence the Police receive been moreover ordered to send the case file to the DPP for overview and resolution as to prosecution.

“The court change into, on account of this fact, to take a seat down this day to receive the DPP’s advice, however failed to because, as we’re told, the Justice of the Peace is attending a practicing direction. On the other hand, the Advice of the DPP is no longer interesting as the police investigation crew is soundless preserving on to the case file.

“On the other hand, the initiate of Mr. Kuti on bail, as ordered by the Justice of the Peace, is most attention-grabbing looking forward to administrative approval. That process has nothing to form with whether or no longer or no longer the court has a physical sitting. We are hopeful that Mr. Kuti will seemingly be out this day on the bail granted him, having fulfilled the phrases.”