His comment earned backlash as many claimed it was a testament to the several extrajudicial killings by security agencies.

The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Akeem Yusuf has made a controversial statement concerning singer, Seun Kuti.

Yusuf had insinuated that singer, Seun Kuti’s body could have ended up in the lagoon for assaulting a police officer on Third Mainland Bridge.

The police chief, who goes by the Facebook moniker, Kimo Akeem, made the assertion recently while replying a commentator who was supporting Kuti’s action.

Recall that Seun Kuti was arrested and detained after he was captured slapping a uniformed police officer in a viral video.

Yusuf, in his reaction, said Nigerians should thank God that the Grammy-nominated afrobeat artiste’s body was not being searched for in the lagoon.

He wrote, “Come and slap police also. Thank God, his [Seun Kuti’s] body was not being looked for in the third mainland bridge waters.”

His comment earned backlash as many claimed it was a testament to the several extrajudicial killings by security agencies.