The Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted police permission to keep Afro beat singer, Seun Kuti in its custody for another 48 hours. This development follows the arraignment of Seun Kuti for alleged assault on a police officer on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos.
The investigating police officer, Mr Lekan Ogundare, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on May 13 on the Third Mainland Bridge.
Narrating the case, the defendant drove dangerously on the bridge and deliberately blocked a moving police vehicle.He alleged that the defendant grabbed Insp Mohammed Aminu attached to the Police Training College, Ikeja, while on official movement and in police uniform.Ogundare said that the defendant slapped Aminu several times on his face. 
Mr S. A. Adebeshin, a legal officer of the police, had applied to the court to remand Kuti for 21 days to enable further investigation on the case.His application was supported by a 12-paragraph affidavit.
However, the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adeola Olatubosun, held that Kuti should be remanded for 48 hours in police custody.
She held that he 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 added that one of the sureties must be a landlord within the jurisdiction of the court.She adjourned the case until May 22 for mention.She directed the prosecutor to duplicate the case file and forward a copy to the state director of public prosecutions for advice.
