Reno Omokri, a prominent political activist, has called for the release of renowned singer Seun Kuti due to claims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
It should be recalled that Seun Kuti surrendered to police after an arrest warrant was issued against him for assaulting an officer.
He has remained in police custody since his arrest, despite the fact that a Lagos magistrate court granted him bail hours after his arrest.
In a post via Twitter, Reno Omokri condemned Seun’s act, however, justifying it with PTSD due to the childhood of the singer.
He wrote;
“What Seun did was wrong. And I condemn it. But Seun has a history with the police and the military that has scarred him for life. They beat his Septuagenarian grandmother and threw her from the first floor to the ground. She died from the injuries sustained.
His father carried her coffin to Dodan barracks in tears! Till today, NOBODY was punished for the crime against Olufunmilayo Kuti. They beat his father to an inch of his life.
Multiple times. They burnt down their residence, with multiple vets and other property. They were never paid compensation. The police raided the shrine episodically, right from when Seun was a baby to his adulthood.
And even in this incident involving the slap, there was provocation from the policeman. I am not saying that the provocation justified the slap. My motive is just to put things in context.
What he did was condemnable. It is unacceptable. But when you look at his personal history, there are mitigating circumstances. And I beg the Inspector General of Police to take Seun’s Post Traumatic Stress Disorder into account. Because even Buhari’s wife, Aisha, admitted that her husband also suffers from PTSD due to his experience with the Nigerian state apparatus.
The police is as institutionally to blame for what happened to that policeman as Seun. Let us do story here and not just justice.”
What Seun did was wrong. And I condemn it. But Seun has a history with the police and the military that has scarred him for life. They beat his Septuagenarian grandmother and threw her from the first floor to the ground. She died from the injuries sustained. His father carried… pic.twitter.com/8jhHHKgguB
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) May 18, 2023
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