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.
The NAF officials were said to have crushed Kalu to death while travelling on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lane in Ikorodu.
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.
His remains were said to have been deposited in a mortuary at the Nigerian Air Force base in Lagos.
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.
Adefila wrote;
IFEANYIN KALU CRIES OUT.
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.
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.
His creative energy lit up every gathering he attended.
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.
Their mother and matriarch of the Kalu clan passed on on the 27th of August 2021.
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
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.
A Nigerian Air Force vehicle travelling on a BRT lane knocked him down.
Ifeanyin’s body is still in the Nigerian Air Force base mortuary.
Ifeanyin’s mum is also still in another mortuary.
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…
…Justice for Ifeanyin.
