How AIRMAN KALU WAS SENTENCE TO DEATH

Official Chidiogo reporting
- Airman Kalu Bernard has been sentenced
to death despite plea from his counsel that
he is the breadwinner of his family
- Kalu reportedly killed Solape Oladipupo
in Makurdi, Benue state on March 12, 2017
- Abimiku Ewuga, his counsel, said he
would appeal the judgement
The Nigerian Air Force on Tuesday,
August 15, sentenced Airman Kalu
Bernard to death for killing his lover,
Solape Oladipupo, aka Shomzy Shomzy,
on March 12, 2017.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the judgement started at
about 9:00 am and lasted till 4:00 pm
for a break. The panellists reconvened
at 7:30 pm to continue with the 70-page
court findings.
The judge advocate, Flight Lieutenant
MA Umoh, reportedly listed the eight-
count charges against the 21-year-old
Kalu to include murder, house breaking,
impersonation, attempted murder,
among others.
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The report said the defence counsel,
Abimiku Ewuga, pleaded with the court
to temper justice with mercy.
According to him, Kalu was his family’s
breadwinner.
However, the president of the court,
Group Captain Elisha Bindul, declared
Kalu guilty in six out of the eight counts
in his final judgement.
He, therefore, sentenced him to death
by hanging, subject to the confirmation
of the conveying authority.
Speaking with journalists after the
judgement, Ewuga said he would appeal
the ruling.
Officer Kalu Bernard had on March 12,
2017, broken into Oladipupo’s home
before shooting her in the neck at close
range on the suspicion that she was in a
love relationship with another man.
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The incident happened at Corporal and
Below Quarters, Compound 9, Air Force
Base, Makurdi, Benue state.
NAIJ.com recently reported that the
jealous Air Force officer, Lieutenant
Kalu , who shot dead his girlfriend has
been arrested and his currently in
custody.
Lieutenant Kalu allegedly shot his
girlfriend/colleague, Oladipupo Solape,
to death on Sunday, March 12, in
Markurdi Benue state.
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