‘One Chance robbery’: Outrage over killings of Abuja lawyer, nurse

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The Nigerian Bar Association and the International Federation of Women Lawyers, Nigeria, Abuja Branch, have raised the alarm over what it described as the disturbing resurgence of “one chance” criminal operations in the Federal Capital Territory, following the killings of a nurse, Chinemerem Chuwumeziem, and a lawyer, Chigbo Mediatrix.

PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday that Mediatrix was a former treasurer of the NBA Abuja Branch, while Chuwumeziem was a healthcare worker.

Both women were reportedly attacked by criminals posing as commercial transport operators, and their bodies were later found in different parts of the city.

The FCT Police Command, in a statement by its spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, on Wednesday, said “discreet investigations” were ongoing on the case to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident.

In a statement issued by its president, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, on Thursday, the NBA said the incidents had plunged Abuja into grief and fear, warning that insecurity was once again tightening its grip on the nation’s capital.

“These were not faceless victims. They were professionals, contributors to society, and ordinary citizens whose only intention was to return safely from their daily engagements.

“Their deaths underscore a frightening reality that insecurity is once again tightening its grip on the nation’s capital,” the association said. Punch