Fela's Nephew Gets Sentenced For Involvement with Boko Haram

 Gen Ransome-Kuti was dismissed from t...

 Gen Ransome-Kuti was dismissed from the Nigerian armed forces as part of the court martial when he was found guilty for "loss of equipment" in the attack on the headquarters of Nigeria's regional task force against Boko Haram. The general comes from a celebrated Nigerian family. His uncle was the late Afrobreat legend Fela Kuti.
Gen Enitan Ransome-Kuti was convicted of failing in his duties when Islamist militants attacked the north-eastern town of Baga in January and destroyed several lives. The military court in Nigeria has sentenced the general to six months in jail for his involvement in one of the army's worst defeats by Boko Haram.
"Boko Haram outnumbered his men. They had more superior weapons than the unserviceable equipment of the Nigerian Army," his lawyer Femi Falana told AFP news agency. The general's lawyer told the BBC that he will appeal against the decision.

A separate accusation of cowardice was dropped. Hundreds of people were killed by Boko Haram in Baga in January 2015 when Gen Ransome-Kuti and his men fled the town. This was one of the biggest defeats suffered by the Nigerian army at the hands of Boko Haram, given the number of people massacred and the high-calibre weapons gained by the insurgents.