JUST IN: Seun Kuti's Fate Hangs In Balance As Court Extends Remand By Four Days

Seun Kuti has been remanded in custody for an additional four days by the Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
The extension was granted to allow for further investigation into the case.
Kuti allegedly slapped a police inspector after driving dangerously on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State.

A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday granted an application for an extension of remand of afrobeat singer Seun Kuti for additional four days.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adeola Olatubosun, extended Kuti’s remand until May 22.

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Mr Simon Lough (SAN), who led a police legal team to the court, had moved the application.

According to him, the extension is to allow further investigation into the case.

He allegedly committed the offence on May 13 on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State.

The police charged him with slapping an inspector after driving dangerously on the bridge and deliberately blocking a moving police vehicle.

Mr Kuti was arraigned on Tuesday during which the chief magistrate ordered his remand for 48 hours.

She, however, held that the defendant should be admitted to bail in the sum of one million Naira with two sureties in like sum, at the end of the 48-hour remand.

She said that one of the sureties must be a landlord within the jurisdiction of the court.