The Nigerian Air Force has sentenced to death by hanging Airman
Kalu Bernard, for killing his lover, Solape Oladipupo, aka Shomzy
Shomzy, on March 12, 2017.
The judgment, which started 9am on Tuesday, dragged till 4pm
when it was stood down before the panellists reconvened at
7.30pm.
Reading out the 70-page court findings, which lasted for about
two hours, the Judge Advocate, Flight Lieutenant M.A. Umoh, listed
the eight-count charges against 21-year-old Kalu to include murder,
house breaking, impersonation, attempted murder, among others.
The defence counsel, Abimiku Ewuga, urged the court to temper
justice with mercy, saying the accused was his family
breadwinner.
The President of the court, Gp. Capt. Elisha Bindul, who found
the accused guilty in six out of the eight counts, sentenced him to
death by hanging, subject to the confirmation of the conveying
authority.
Ewuga later told reporters that he would appeal the
judgement.
Kalu had on March 12, 2017, killed Oladipupo at her Corporal and
Below Quarters, Compound 9, Air Force Base, Makurdi, on the
suspicion that she was in a love relationship with another man.
He had broken into Oladipupo’s home before shooting her in the
neck at close range.
The Nigerian Air Force has sentenced to death by hanging Airman
Kalu Bernard, for killing his lover, Solape Oladipupo, aka Shomzy
Shomzy, on March 12, 2017.
The judgment, which started 9am on Tuesday, dragged till 4pm
when it was stood down before the panellists reconvened at
7.30pm.
Reading out the 70-page court findings, which lasted for about
two hours, the Judge Advocate, Flight Lieutenant M.A. Umoh, listed
the eight-count charges against 21-year-old Kalu to include murder,
house breaking, impersonation, attempted murder, among others.
The defence counsel, Abimiku Ewuga, urged the court to temper
justice with mercy, saying the accused was his family
breadwinner.
The President of the court, Gp. Capt. Elisha Bindul, who found
the accused guilty in six out of the eight counts, sentenced him to
death by hanging, subject to the confirmation of the conveying
authority.
Ewuga later told reporters that he would appeal the
judgement.
Kalu had on March 12, 2017, killed Oladipupo at her Corporal and
Below Quarters, Compound 9, Air Force Base, Makurdi, on the
suspicion that she was in a love relationship with another man.
He had broken into Oladipupo’s home before shooting her in the
neck at close range.
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