Justice For Late Air Provost Sholapo Oladipupo Murder Case

Five months after shooting his colleague and lover to death, a jealous Airforce officer has been sentenced to death by hanging.

The Judge Advocate, Flight Lieutenant M.A. Umoh, who read out the 70-page court findings which lasted for over two hours, has a listed the 8-count charges against the 21-year-old Airman Kalu to include murder, attempted murder, house breaking, impersonation, murder, amongst other charges.

The defense counsel, Abimiku Ewuga who urged the court to temper justice with mercy, said the accused was his family breadwinner but the President of the court, Group Capt. Elisha Bindul, rejected the plea of the defense, and found the accused guilty in 6 out of the 8 counts, and sentenced him to death by hanging, subject to the confirmation of the conveying authority.

Airman Kalu had shot Late Air Provost Oladipupo,  aka Shomzy, to death at her Corporal and Below Quarters, Compound 9, Air Force Base, Makurdi, on the suspicion that she was cheating on him with a member of the National Youth Service Corps serving in the state.

After shooting her to death, Airman Kalu had tried to commit suicide after leaving a suicide note detailing the reasons he had to take the step of murdering the pretty young lady.

The murder of the young lady had raised a lot of dust with Nigerians urging the Airforce authority to bring the suspect to book and make sure he paid for his crimes.
So justice has been served.