NAF officer who killed girlfriend to face court-martial (photos)

NAF officer who killed girlfriend to face court-martial (photos)

- Nigerian Air Force officer shoots girlfriend dead in Benue state

- The officer is now set to face court-martial

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officer, Ben Kalu, was detained for the alleged murder of his lover is set to face a court-martial on Friday, May 19.

Kalu had shot dead his girlfriend, Solape Oladipupo, who is also a NAF officer on Sunday, March 12, at her apartment in the base in Makurdi, Benue state.

The court-martial for Kalu would begin on Friday after which the suspect would be handed over to appropriate security agency for prosecution.

NAF officer
NAF officer who killed girlfriend to face court-martial

Legit.ng gathered that the officer had been in custody for over two months at the NAF tactical command in Markurdi.

An officer of the Nigerian Air Force disclosed that there is a delay in Kalu’s prosecution because he is attached to the Logistics Command in Ikeja, Lagos state.

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“The suspect is still in NAF custody. Everything has been going step-by-step. He will be court-martialed on Friday and by next week, he will be handed over to the appropriate authorities for prosecution. He is only serving physically in Makurdi, but his command is in Lagos state. So, the correspondence has taken some time too.”

According to Olatokunbo Adesanya, the NAF director of public relations, there is a delay because the military does not skip necessary procedures.

Adesanya said: “We have a procedure in the military and we don’t jump the process. There is a disciplinary committee which goes through investigations, boards of enquiry, summary of evidence and so on.

“The last stage is the convening of the court-martial. From all indications, we are at that stage now and it will take place between this week and next week. It will take place shortly. The NAF can never sweep the matter under the carpet, because the crime was an embarrassment to the service.”

Kalu and Oladipupo met at a parade ground some months before he killed her and left a note threatening to take his own life before he was arrested and taken into custody.

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The suspect was later taken for psychiatric tests in course of investigation with the belief that the officer might have committed the heinous crime because he was mentally unstable.

Meanwhile, Nigerian Air Force gears up to fight against Boko Haram.

Source: Legit.ng

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