Two women namely, Princess Ochigbo, and a nurse identified as Chinemerem Pascalina Chuwumeziem have been killed by suspected ‘one-chance’ practitioners in Abuja.
The victims were found dead in separate locations with the circumstances surrounding their demise having all the trappings of ‘ one chance,’ a criminal activity in which those in it pose as passengers and commercial vehicle drivers to dispose unsuspecting commuters of their valuables.
Chuwumeziem, was a nurse with the Federal Medical Centre (FMC).
Her killing has drawn outrage from the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), FCT Council.
In a statement by the chairman of NANNM, FCT Council Jama Medan, the association said Chuwumeziem closed from afternoon duty on January 3 and boarded a vehicle on her way home but never arrived alive.
The statement noted that her body was later discovered to have been dumped in what the association described as a “most inhumane and heartbreaking manner.”
The NANNM described the killing as not only an attack on the nursing profession but “an assault on healthcare workers and humanity at large,” calling on security agencies in the FCT to immediately investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.
According to an X post, Princess Ochigbo was found dead by the roadside at a different location in Abuja on the same day with documents recovered suggesting she might have been a staff member of the FCT High Court.
The handler, who provided the update with image of the deceased woman and her ID, noted that her bag was discovered, flung a short distance away from her body, a pattern consistent with previous one chance attacks, where victims are robbed, assaulted, and most times thrown out of moving vehicles.
