Entertainment

Fela’s Wives Had Relationships with Other Men – Seun Kuti

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Nigerian singer Seun Kuti has alleged that his late father, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, did not forbid his wives from having affairs with other men.

Kuti also stated that this was one of Fela’s worst mistakes, claiming that some of the ladies eventually contracted HIV from their other lovers and passed it on to the late singer.

Speaking during a recent Instagram livestream, Kuti said, contrary to the speculations that Fela was the one who gave his women the disease, he was the victim.

He said, “Fela made many mistakes. One of the mistakes he made -one day, I saw a video of a lady online saying why are people praising Fela’s legacy despite him giving women HIV and dying of AIDS.

“I said, ‘Oh, Fela, you see yourself?’ If Fela was a traditional man, he would still be alive. I will tell you something about him that you might not have known: Fela’s women all had other men.

“Fela did not keep his women to himself. He believed that as he is free to sleep with all the women, the women are also free to meet other men. His law was that they shouldn’t bring the men to his house.

“My father doesn’t leave his house to sleep with other women outside, so it was his women who brought HIV home to him. Nobody is perfect. Everybody make mistakes. But Fela is a man that is on the side of humanity.”

Culled/Adetutu Adetule

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Judiciary

Court Adjourns Seun Kuti’s Trial Till September 27

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The absence of Chief Magistrate, Adeola Olatunbosun of the Yaba Magistrates’s court has further stalled the trial of Afrobeat Musician, Seun Kuti.

The Registrar, Mr Babalola, in the absence of the chief Magistrate, Olatunbosun, adjourned the case till September 27, 2023, for the continuation of the proceeding.

Magistrate Olatunbosun was said to have resumed her administrative leave and was thus absent in court today.

It was earlier reported that the Lagos State Police Command arraigned the Afrobeat musician, on May 16, 2023.

The defendant was charged with assault on a police officer, an offense contrary to Section 356 of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act.

Meanwhile, on May 24, Magistrate Olatunbosun in her ruling stated that the police cannot be the complainant and also the prosecutor of the case.

She, therefore requested the DPP’s advice to continue the prosecution.

She said, “I need the advice of the DPP to know whether he should be prosecuted or not.”

She thus adjourned the case till July 3, 2023, for the DPP’s advice.

However, today the case was further adjourned for the continuation of proceeding following the absence of Magistrate Olatunbosun.

Punch / Titilayo Kupoliyi

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