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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