{"id":70608,"date":"2023-05-25T12:08:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T12:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/25\/seun-kuti-released-from-police-detention\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T12:08:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T12:08:19","slug":"seun-kuti-released-from-police-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/25\/seun-kuti-released-from-police-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Seun Kuti Released From Police Detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, has been released from police detention.<\/p>\n<p>The singer was remanded at Nigeria\u2019s State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), at Yaba, Lagos, on the orders of a Yaba Chief Magistrate Court for assaulting a policeman in a viral video.<\/p>\n<p>Activist Omoyele Sowore announced on Tuesday via his Twitter handle that the musician has regained his freedom.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cJust to announce that @RealSeunKuti has been released from @PoliceNG detention in Lagos. 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