Veteran, hip-hop artiste, Lanre Dabiri, better known as elDee the Don, has said that the police should let Afrobeat Singer Seun Kuti go home to his family.
He made this known via his Instagram handle said the embattled singer should be allowed to go home same way police officers that slap Nigerians daily are allowed to go home after slapping citizens.
He wrote “To be very clear, I don’t support violence, however I’m asking that they Let him go home to his family the same way all the police officers that slap Nigerians daily are allowed to go home.
“The uniform shouldn’t give anybody immunity. What’s bad is bad, not only when it’s convenient for the oppressor”
Nigerian singer, Seun Kuti, on Monday, submitted himself to help with the investigation hours after going viral for assaulting an officer of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos.
Recall that the son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, engaged in an altercation with a police officer days ago.
In a viral video, Seun was captured in a heated argument with the officer who was standing in the middle of a busy road.
During the altercation, Seun slapped the officer.
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, immediately ordered Seun’s arrest after the video went viral.
“The IGP has equally ordered a speedy and full investigation into the remote and immediate cause(s) of the assault and prosecution of the suspect accordingly.”
