{"id":269429,"date":"2023-05-19T15:59:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T14:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=269429"},"modified":"2023-05-19T15:59:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T14:59:31","slug":"seun-kuti-okotie-pleads-with-igp-for-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/05\/19\/seun-kuti-okotie-pleads-with-igp-for-mercy\/","title":{"rendered":"Seun Kuti: Okotie pleads with IGP for mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former presidential candidate, Rev. Chris Okotie, has urged the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Usman Baba, to temper justice with mercy regarding Afrobeat star, Seun Kuti, over his case with the Police.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/05\/13\/breaking-igp-orders-arrest-of-felas-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outspoken musician is being detained preparatory to his trial<\/a>, for assaulting a Policeman during an encounter on Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos recently.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has caused uproar across the country especially on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In a press statement issued in Lagos on Thursday, and signed by Okotie\u2019s media adviser, Ladi Ayodeji, the flamboyant Cleric made a case for clemency for the embattled music star.<\/p>\n<p>Okotie\u2019s plea came in the wake of the court\u2019s extension of Seun\u2019s detention by four days.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the full text of the press statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to urge the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to demonstrate a paternal clemency towards Seun Kuti in his transgression against an authorised myrmidon of the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnti-establishment is not acceptable under any guise, however, a humane superintendence is a mark of a great leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe youth have been under tremendous pressure to establish a new Nigerian social order and Seun\u2019s abrasive conduct is a tangent from that trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI plead earnestly with the IGP to temper justice with mercy and exculpate Seun of all charges. Femi and Seun Kuti are artistic souvenirs bestowed upon us by the legendary Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and we truly appreciate the creative artistry demonstrated in their musical genre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease find sufficient grace in your heart to anesthesize the gravity of this provocation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay the blessing of the God of heaven be vouchsafed to you in the plenitude of His Grace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former presidential candidate, Rev. Chris Okotie, has urged the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Usman Baba, to temper justice with mercy regarding Afrobeat star, Seun Kuti, over his case with the Police. 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