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How Nigerian Air Force Officials Allegedly Killed Lagos Artiste

Faith Ukanwa

Oct 28, 2021

Officials of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), have been accused of killing a member of the Bariga Artists Forum (BAF), Ifeanyi Kalu in Lagos State.

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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="684"] Late Ifeanyi Kalu[/caption]

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The NAF officials were said to have crushed Kalu to death while travelling on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lane in Ikorodu.

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The incident happened on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 while the 31 year old deceased was reportedly on his way to a job he got recently.

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His remains were said to have been deposited in a mortuary at the Nigerian Air Force base in Lagos.

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An actor, Segun Adefila who decried Kalu's death on his facebook page, noted that the deceased's mother died two months ago and is still at the morgue.

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Adefila wrote;

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IFEANYIN KALU CRIES OUT.

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Ifeanyin was a young Nigerian artist who was diminutive in stature but gigantic in strides. His life was one huge struggle for survival without a thought for crime but through a dint of hard work.

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He was a prominent member of the Bariga Artists Forum (BAF) and Guild of Nigerian Dance Practitioners (GONDP). He was also a founding member of Dachrismofa Art Troupe and an alumnus of Feetprints Africa and the assistant director of Kings and Queens Art Academy- a children focused theatre group.

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His creative energy lit up every gathering he attended.

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Born on the 15th of July 1990, Ifeanyi was the second son of his economically disadvantaged family and the fourth child. He was a major breadwinner of the family, a bread not only rarely gotten but also never buttered.

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Their mother and matriarch of the Kalu clan passed on on the 27th of August 2021.

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On October 20, 2021, Ifeanyin's life was cut short on the express way of Ikorodu Road. He lived with his aged father and 6 siblings and left them at home on that

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fateful day for a job he just secured. He was on his way to a school where he was helping to teach the pupils cultural dance and music.

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A Nigerian Air Force vehicle travelling on a BRT lane knocked him down.

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Ifeanyin's body is still in the Nigerian Air Force base mortuary.

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Ifeanyin's mum is also still in another mortuary.

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His bereaved family who are definitely inconsolable at the moment also stands the risk of not getting any form of tangible compensation from those whose vehicle knocked him down EXCEPT...

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...Justice for Ifeanyin.

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