Nigerian Afrobeat artist and activist Seun Kuti has criticised the recent arrest of human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi, warning against the empowerment of the police as tools of oppression.
In a recent video, the singer emphasised the danger of the use of police to silence critics and stressed that such actions could have serious consequences for freedom of speech in Nigeria in the long run.
He stated, "We cannot be in a society where you cannot speak your mind against anybody and you go straight to the police to arrest people!"
"Once you give police that power to give people that power too, they would take advantage of it . If we allow this to continue of allow it to stand, we would have a problem. I've told you all not to allow this thing to become a habit. You all were happy when VeryDarkMan was arrested. But are you happy now? Are you?" he asked.
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"Our court of law will turn to such joke"
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Seun Kuti calls for the release of Dele Farotimi. pic.twitter.com/8j2Bf1bJw0
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