Nigeria, Feb. 7 -- The Nigerian police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, re-arrested Olumide Ogunsanwo, popularly known as Sea King, a fast-rising Tiktoker, when he appeared for a separate trial at a magistrate's court on Thursday.

Inibehe Effiong, his lawyer, said this in a statement he posted on his verified X handle hours after the arrest, explaining that Mr Ogunsanwo was arrested while in court for an earlier case the police instituted against him.

"After the day's proceedings, Seaking was rearrested within the court premises and taken to the State Police Command, Ikeja before he was subsequently taken to the Murtala Muhammad Airport from where he is being flown to Abuja," Mr Effiong wrote.

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