Kogi Police Chief Denies Saying Seun Kuti Ought To Have Been Pushed Into Lagoon

Kogi state Commissioner of Police, Akeem Yusuf,  has denied saying  Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti ought to have been pushed into  the lagoon rather than allowing him to leave the incident scene a few days ago.

 Seun Kuti ,who  had in a viral video hit and slapped a police officer many times on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, and had  the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba directing  the Lagos state police command to ensure that  he gets arrested without delay, had later  turned himself in to the police .

He had since appeared before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun of the Magistrates’ court  Yaba, Lagos state and he is facing assault  charges, an offense contrary to Section 356 of the Criminal Code Act

The Kogi state police commissioner, who  reportedly has Kimo Akeem as his  Facebook username  had allegedly made the controversial comments  while replying to  comments about the incident  on the  social media platform.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned a screenshot of the said comments was posted by a co-Facebook user, Abimbola Adebayo .

‘Come and slap police also. Thank God, his (Seun Kuti’s) body was not being looked for in the third mainland bridge waters’ he had reportedly submitted.

Spokesman for the Kogi state police command, William Aya, said in a statement on Monday that  Yusuf’s Facebook account  had been hacked since last year.

‘The attention of the Commissioner of Police, Kogi state, Akeem Yusuf, has been drawn to the news making the rounds on social media credited to his personality on the alleged assault on a police officer by Seun Kuti, ‘Thank God Seun Kuti’s body didn’t end up in the lagoon’.

The statement is fake and misleading with the aim of tarnishing the image and reputation of the CP. It is incumbent to let the public know that the Facebook account has been hacked since September 2022, and he has several times warned people to disregard any message from the said account.

This is the handwork of mischievous people who are bent on giving the police a bad name. The general public is enjoined to disregard such misleading information which does not in any way portray the true identity of the personality of the CP’ the statement said-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you