A video of Afrobeats musician Seun Kuti talking about hitting cops and getting away with it has gone viral.
The footage surfaced only hours after Usman Baba Alkali, the Inspector-General of Police, ordered the singer’s arrest for assaulting a police officer on the Third Mainland Bridge. Seun, the late Afrobeats icon Fela Kuti’s son, accused the officer of putting his family’s lives in jeopardy.
In the video, the vocalist, who talked in Pidgin, stated:
“Some of una police go slap una, una go come Instagram to explain. You know how many police I don tear slap?“They say because you be Fela pikin. You no know say na because Jesus be God pikin e fit die for you? You must know who you are before you make your move. So, I make my move because I know who I am…”
ASSAULT/SLAPPING POLICE OFFICER IN UNIFORM@RealSeunKuti Seun Kuti has an antecedent.
Here he's in this video BOASTING of how he has SLAPPED many POLICEMEN in the past & getting away with it because he's the son of FELA KUTI & ABOVE the LAW @Princemoye1 @BenHundeyin @PoliceNG pic.twitter.com/qcyFbZS7np— Taiwo Francis (@IAmTaiwoFrancis) May 14, 2023