The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali has ordered the immediate arrest of Afro beat singer, Seun Kuti who was captured on camera assaulting a police officer on the popular Third Mainland bridge in Lagos.
The police in a statement by its spokes person Mr Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) said the Inspector-General of Police, has ordered the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command to arrest Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, who was captured on video assaulting a police officer in uniform.
The statement by Adejobi said 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.
The terse statement said: “IGP Usman Alkali Baba assures 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.”