Absence of Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatubosun of a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, on Monday stalled proceedings in an assault case brought against afrobeat singer Seun Kuti.
The News Agency of Nigeria NAN) reports that Kuti and his counsel, as well as prosecution team, were in court but the court could not sit due to Olatubosun’s absence.NAN reports that the case was earlier adjourned until July 3 for advice of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions .He allegedly committed the offence on May 13 on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State.
The police charged him with slapping an inspector after driving dangerously on the bridge and deliberately blocking a moving police vehicle.She, however, held that the singer 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 directed the prosecutor to duplicate the case file and forward a copy to the DPP for advice.
Mr Cyril Ejiofor, who led a police legal team to the court, had applied for the arraignment but Kuti’s counsel, Mr Femi Falana , opposed the application. Falana argued that the police refused to send the case file to the DPP for advice, as directed by Olatubosun.In her ruling, Olatubosun held that she needed the DPP’s advice before proceeding with the case.
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