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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