Nigerian Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer.
Lagos police spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin tweeted that Kuti had handed himself in on Monday, along with a photo of the musician in handcuffs.
Police chief Usman Alkali Baba had ordered his detention on Saturday.
Kuti, 40, was “captured on video assaulting a police officer in uniform”, the police spokesman added.
Kuti – the son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti – went to the police headquarters on Monday with his lawyer and family representative, Hundeyin added.
Before his arrest, Kuti said on Twitter that the policeman had tried to kill him and his family, but he did not explain how.
He and his lawyer have not commented since his arrest.
