General Ransome-Kuti Sentenced to Six Months in Prison after Army Court-Martial.
Brigadier-General Enitan Ransome-Kuti, the son of the late human rights activist, Beko Ransome Kuti, has been sentenced to six months in prison for offenses committed during the war against Boko.
Sadly, Ransome-Kuti will be dismissed from the Army if the sentence pronounced on him by a military court in Abuja on Thursday is confirmed by the Nigerian Army authority.
SR reports that Brigadier General Kuti has been at the center of controversy relating to his conduct as an officer. He was accused of failing to perform his military duties during the fight against Boko Haram which may have resulted in the terrorists' capture of Baga, the center of a multinational force.
Included in the charges against him is that Brigadier General Kuti failed to account for some of the weapons and ammunitions under his supervision, rendering the army useless in the fight against Boko Haram.
The officer denied all the charges. During trial, his lawyer, Femi Falana, presented evidence to the court that the Army had failed to provide necessary equipment for the Brigadier General to perform his duties.
Falana also presented several statements from officers and soldiers who repeatedly stated that the army was ill-equipped to fight Boko Haram, an assertion that was later affirmed by a former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, shortly after he was fired from that position earlier this year.
Sadly, Ransome-Kuti will be dismissed from the Army if the sentence pronounced on him by a military court in Abuja on Thursday is confirmed by the Nigerian Army authority.
SR reports that Brigadier General Kuti has been at the center of controversy relating to his conduct as an officer. He was accused of failing to perform his military duties during the fight against Boko Haram which may have resulted in the terrorists' capture of Baga, the center of a multinational force.
Included in the charges against him is that Brigadier General Kuti failed to account for some of the weapons and ammunitions under his supervision, rendering the army useless in the fight against Boko Haram.
The officer denied all the charges. During trial, his lawyer, Femi Falana, presented evidence to the court that the Army had failed to provide necessary equipment for the Brigadier General to perform his duties.
Falana also presented several statements from officers and soldiers who repeatedly stated that the army was ill-equipped to fight Boko Haram, an assertion that was later affirmed by a former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, shortly after he was fired from that position earlier this year.
- DEM DEY LOOK FOR SCAPE GOAT...INSTEAD OF DEM TO BRING THE ENTIRE JONATHAN GOVERNMENT TO BOOK...PLUS ALL HIS STUPID CHEFS OF STAFF WITH BIG BELLIES DRAGGING ON D GROUND....4UKAS.
- WHERE WAS D MORALE IN THE ARMY AT DAT TIME...WHEN ALL D OGAS DON CHOP D MONEY FINISH.
- WAS IT NOT ONLY RECENTLY DAT BUHARI EVEN PROMOTED THE JUNIOR OFFICERS...TO BOOST THEIR MORALE??? SO WHAT ARE WE TALKING???
- DEM JONATHAN HAD NO 4UKIN IDEA....IF U ARE BLAMING DIS GUY, U MUST BLAME ALL HIS OGAS TOO...D SO-CALLED CLUELESS CHIEFS OF STAFF...AFTERALL THE RETIRING BIG-BELLE CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF CONFESSED HIMSELF WHILE RETIRING DAT THERE WAS NO ARMS TO FIGHT BOKO-HARAM.
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