Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, has accused supporters of Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, popularly known as ‘OBIdients’ of trying to set him up following his arrest by Nigerian Police.
Recall the singer was caught on video slapping a policeman – a development that generated mixed reactions on social media.
In a video on his Instagram page he narrated how he survived in police custody, stating it was difficult on the first day.
“Prison, the first day was difficult in prison. Cell, police cell, I never go prison. Na cell I still dey. Actually, I was in police station, I dey cell, I dey lock up. Dem no remand me for Kirikiri or anything.
“But I hear say for Kirikiri, they let us out all day. Na night you go inside. But for that police cell, they just keep you locked down, all day, all night
“You’re just locked inside this room with no light. Like thirty-something people in a three-man cell.
The heat ehn! The heat and the smells, o my God! But like after two days, I got used to it. Like, it just became a routine. E come be like routine.”
Speaking further in another video, the controversial singer accused ‘Obidients’ of trying to set him up while he was detained in prison
The Obidients still wanted to set me up inside the prison.
“Thank God for ASS. They don’t know that the Ancestral Secret Service is always working.
” Even inside the cell, they were there with me for 24 hours, watching and guarding to make sure mosquitos did not bite me.
“Have you ever seen or heard that someone went to jail and was not bitten by mosquitos? That was me.
“They wanted to set me up but the ASS got me. All these fake journalists can’t back up what they are saying; they can’t back up what they are doing because they know what is behind it – the nonsense they spew as facts.
“Even when they tell the truth, they are lying because the truth has an agenda. They are not saying it for people to know about it, they are saying it so that they can get something from somewhere that is sinister. Even when they do something that is right, it is wrong.
Some people have gone to lie that Oxford (University) hosted David Hundeyin. Oxford doesn’t know you.
” Who are you? Why are you lying that Oxford hosted you? They used that for clout – clout chasers. Everything they do is about clout.”
The Eygpt 80 band leader was detained on May 15 after he surrendered to the police over alleged assault of an Inspector on the Third Mainland Bridge.
After eight days in Police custody, Kuti, regained freedom from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, following the perfection of his bail condition on Tuesday, May 23.
