Just less than a week after the resolve of the viral case involving Seun Kuti and his altercation with a police officer, the Nigerian musician and the youngest son of Fela AnikulapoKuti has revealed that renowned influencer and blogger Tunde Ednut had wanted him to be prosecuted and jailed when he was arrested by the police.
Earlier this month as reported by As e dey happen Blog, the singer, Seun was arraigned before the Lagos State magistrate’s court and detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, in Panti, Yaba, for physically assaulting a police officer as seen in a viral video. He was later released after spending days in detention.
The media split into two with some people urging the authorities to prosecute Seun accordingly while some used the opportunity to call out the Nigerian police force for their own shortcomings.
Some popular figures joined the bandwagon to speak up for the afrobeats artist but it seems one celebrity figure, Tunde Ednut might have not been in support of Kuti’s release.
Seun during an Instagram live session on Tuesday, revealed that the celebrity blogger wanted him to go to jail because he was owing him money for nine posts, and was actively pushing for him to be sent to prison because he could not refund the money.
He said, “I hear everybody saying Tunde did not like me. Tunde actually is the only blogger I talk to in Nigeria and also has my number. And did you know why he wants me to go to jail?Because Tunde is owing me money.â€
“He was supposed to do 10 posts for me since two years ago but he did only one, and he knew that my new project will soon be out. He must do that post. In fact it has increased to twenty posts. So because of those nine posts he wants to do me what Sacoche did to Gaddafi,†he added.
At the time of this report, celebrity blogger and influencer Tunde Ednut has yet to respond to Kuti’s claims against him.