Remember Kalu Bernard?
He is the Airforce officer who killed his girlfriend earlier
in the year.
The Nigerian Air Force 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.
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.
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