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Air Force Personnel Solape Oladipupo, shot dead by boyfriend, buried in Lagos [Pictures]

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Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel ACW Solape Oladipupo, 21 who was shot and killed by her estranged boyfriend Lt. Kalu B.A. has been buried in Lagos.

The Ogun state indigene was interred at the Air Force Cemetery, Ojo Barracks, Ojo, Lagos State on Thursday.

Kalu accused the deceased of having affairs with other men, and had written a suicide note, describing her as a witch. He wrote of his plan to kill himself after killing Solape.

He however did not kill himself and is currently being held by Air Force authorities who say a psychiatric test will be carried out on him before his eventual dismissal and prosecution.

The tragic incident took place on March 12, 2017 at the Air Force Base in Makurdi, Benue State.

The couple had met on the parade ground at the base.

The corpse arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos at about 9AM on Thursday, and Solape’s family members were called to identify her.

According to the deceased’s sister, Jolaade Oladipupo: “After the corpse arrived around 9am, five of us were asked to step forward to identify her. She was dressed in the air force ceremonial uniform. We were in tears and I felt like asking her to wake up and follow us home. The military authorities asked us if she was the one, and we said yes.”

“Then she was put into a hearse and we went to the Ojo Cantonment, where they also had  a parade and a 21-gun salute. It was an emotional moment for the family,” Jolaade added.

Jolaade said that the family is calling for justice, adding that Solape had always wanted to join the Force.

“She had always wanted to join the force. She was a strong girl and always fought for people’s rights. Before she joined the air force, she had applied to join the police, the army and navy,without any success. She didn’t give up until her application to the air force succeeded.

On the night that she was killed, we had earlier spoke and I advised her to further her studies in order to get accelerated promotion in the air force. She told me that she had told her boyfriend that she didn’t have time for any relationship and that she wanted to concentrate on her studies. She said she planned to buy the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination form. That was the night that the man killed her,” Jolaade said.

 

Tragedy at Nigerian Airforce Base, Makurdi as airman kills girlfriend

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A non-commissioned officer of the Nigerian air force identified as Kalu BA has killed Oladipupo Solape, his lover and colleague.

The incident occurred at the Nigerian air force base in Makurdi, Benue state capital, in the wee hours of Sunday.

Less than two months before ending the love sojourn, the young officer, declared: “She’s everything to me.”

But on Saturday night, he took to his Facebook page to write: “My last night as an airman…. ask about me later and hear my story… you would b surprised.”

Earlier he had written: “RIP young blood… I wish myself that.”

And early on Sunday, he wrote: “4:36,” probably in reference to the time he took her life.

The motive behind his action is unclear, but there are reports that he decided to do so because he found out that she was dating a senior military officer.

While their relationship lasted, Kalu posted information about their private lives on social media, and tagged her on virtually all his posts on Facebook.

On January 20, he wrote: “Taking nice pix with my bae is my hobby,” and to prove this, he posted many of such photographs on Facebook.

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Kalu with his estranged lover

That same day, he went down memory lane recalling how he met his estranged lover.

“It all started with a ‘Hello’. I remember vividly that Monday morning on the parade ground. Seeing such a beauty, pondering on what’s right to say to her. Everyone’s eyes were on her but my eyes were bigger,” he wrote.

“I was over blown by the wind of bravado, standing next to her. It was all about me looking like the beast while she was the beauty but today beauty fell in love with d beast and they both live happily ever after.

“My love story!!!”

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Lieutenant Kalu

Kalu gave the impression that he took his own life, but Ayodele Famuyiwa, spokesman of the air force, said he had been arrested.

He explained that Solape died at the hospital where she was rushed to.

“An airman and an airwoman were involved. They had a love relationship which resulted in the shooting. We do not yet know what transpired between them,” PUNCH quoted him as saying.

“She was initially rushed to NAF hospital, but when it was beyond their control, she was transferred to the state hospital where she died. The body has been recovered to our base now.

“The boy (Kalu) has been arrested. He did not die. The post on the social media is mere speculation. He is alive and in custody. Investigations are ongoing into the incident. We will unravel the circumstances that led to the incident.”