Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has shared his ordeal during his detention in the police cell, particularly his first day.
The singer in a video posted on Instagram described his experience as difficult.
The singer turned himself in after the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, ordered his arrest after a video of the musician assaulting a police officer surfaced online.
He regained freedom on 23rd May, after one week in detention at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba area of Lagos.
The singer, the son of legendary Afrobeat star Fela Kuti, disclosed that he was not remanded in Kirikiri prison but was locked up all day in a police cell.
In a live video posted on his Instagram handle, he revealed how he and 30 other inmates were locked up in a dingy cell.
He said, “my first day in prison was difficult. I’ve never gone to prison. Actually I was in the police station. I head that for Kirikiri, they let us out all day and at night you go inside. But for that police station, they just keep you locked down all day.”
“They just keep us locked down inside this room with no light. Like 30-something people in a three-person cell. The heat, eh! The heat and the smell, oh my God! But after two weeks, I got used to it. It just became a routine.”
