Fresh revelation yesterday suggested
that the Air Force personnel, Aircraft
Man (ACM) Kalu B.A who gunned down
his female colleague and lover over
suspicion that she was cheating on him
had planned his action well ahead.
The accused, Kalu had on Sunday
morning pulled the trigger of his
service gun on his colleague girlfriend,
Aircraft Woman (ACW) Oladipupo
Solape at their quarters in the Nigerian
Air Force (NAF) Tactical Air Command
in Makurdi when he allegedly found
her with another man.
Daily Trust gathered yesterday from
witnesses at the NAF base that the
jealous lover and his deceased
girlfriend were course mates at the Air
Force training camp and that both
began their soldiering career in
January this year.
It was learnt that Kalu, an Igbo man
and his now deceased Yoruba lover had
related as two inseparable lovebirds to
the admiration of those who knew
them until suspicion heightened in the
mind of the accused that she was
cheating on him with a male youth
corps member.
He was said to have obtained the rifle
he used against Oladipupo from his unit
at NAF base after the 5am emergency
wakeup parade which allowed soldiers
on duty to sign for a rifle for the day.
A source who has close knowledge of
the incident told Daily Trust in
confidence, that “The corps member
boyfriend had spent the night with the
Air Force lady. The way Kalu went
about his action proves that the action
was predetermined. Early hours of the
Sunday morning after the sound of the
emergency alert about 5am, troops
gathered at the appropriate spot to
take instruction from their superiors
and to proceed to sign for their rifles
for the day.
Kalu, after obtaining his rifle had
moved straight to the lady’s house
where she was with her corps member
boyfriend, and shot her in the neck.”
The source added that Kalu made
attempt on the life of the corps
member who struggled with him until
the bullet hooked as he tried to pull
the trigger, making it possible for the
corps member to escape.
Kalu, apart from leaving a suicide note
behind before embarking on his act,
had on the eve of the tragedy hinted
on his face book wall that Saturday
night would be his last moment at the
base because he was going to do
something that would shock the world.
He said in his suicide note: “It is a
prestige for me writing this because it
would be read by most top men. It is a
love story of a guy falling in love with
a wrong witch who pretended to be
good.”
The Command Public Relations Officer,
Wing Commander Emmanuel Iheoma
would not speak on the incident. He
insisted that the details would be made
known on completion of investigation.
Our correspondent gathered that the
accused would be court martialed,
dismissed and handed over to police
for civil legal action, and it has been
reported that a psychiatric test process
had started to determine Kalu’s mental
health.
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