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The Nigerian Air Force has sentenced to death by hanging, Airman Kalu Bernard, for killing his lover, Solape Oladipupo on March 12, 2017. .
The judgment, which started on Tuesday morning, ended in the evening at about 7:30pm
Reading out the 70-page court findings, which lasted for about two hours, the Judge Advocate, Flight Lieutenant M.A. Umoh, listed the eight-count charges against 21-year-old Kalu to include murder, house breaking, impersonation, attempted murder, among others.
The defense counsel, Abimiku Ewuga, urged the court to temper justice with mercy, saying the accused was the breadwinner of his family.
The President of the court, Gp. Capt. Elisha Bindul, who found the accused guilty in six out of the eight counts, sentenced him to death by hanging, subject to the confirmation of the conveying authority.
Ewuga later revealed to reporters that the judgement would be appealed.
The judgment, which started on Tuesday morning, ended in the evening at about 7:30pm
Reading out the 70-page court findings, which lasted for about two hours, the Judge Advocate, Flight Lieutenant M.A. Umoh, listed the eight-count charges against 21-year-old Kalu to include murder, house breaking, impersonation, attempted murder, among others.
The defense counsel, Abimiku Ewuga, urged the court to temper justice with mercy, saying the accused was the breadwinner of his family.
The President of the court, Gp. Capt. Elisha Bindul, who found the accused guilty in six out of the eight counts, sentenced him to death by hanging, subject to the confirmation of the conveying authority.
Ewuga later revealed to reporters that the judgement would be appealed.
