Afrobeat star, Seun Kuti has been released from police custody after meeting bail conditions on Tuesday.
Kuti was released around 7:45pm from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, his abode since his arrest and detention on May 15, after he surrendered himself to the police over an alleged assault on an Inspector on the Third Mainland Bridge, on Saturday.
The singer’s lawyers, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN) and Kunle Adegoke (SAN), in an earlier statement assured his supporters that the absence of the Chief Magistrate, Adeola Olatunbosun, would not affect his bail.
One of Seun Kuti’s lawyers confirmed that the case has been adjourned till tomorrow, Wednesday, May 24.
Kuti has been in detention since May 15 for alleged assault on a Police Inspector on the Third Mainland Bridge.
The singer whose immediate arrest was ordered by the Inspector General of Police Alkali Usman, surrendered himself to the police that Monday before he was arrested and detained at the SCID, Yaba.
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