Court.has adjourned the hearing of the assault case of the Embattled Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti and was ordered the singer to be returned back to a prison cell.

According to Naija News reports, the Chief Magistrates Court in Yaba, Lagos State, presided over by Adeola Olatubosun on Tuesday morning Ji adjourned Seun’s trial after the magistrate absented herself from the court.

“Seun has been taken back to the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti,” SaharaReporters quoted a source at the court saying.

The source disclosed that the court sitting has been adjourned till Wednesday, May 23, 2023.

It was reported earlier that the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State command, was plotting to ensure that Kuti was taken to the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, to certify that he is “mentally sick.”

Seun was said to have refused to give out his blood samples to the police for medical examination after the command got the magistrate to amend her ruling and do their bidding.

“The police are trying to take the Afrobeat musician to the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State to declare him mentally sick. You can imagine what that can cause his musical career in Nigeria and abroad,” a source said on Monday.