Ghanaian official dies after encounter with ‘one chance’ robbers in Abuja

Miss Freda Arnong, a staff member of the Ghanaian High Commission in Nigeria, has lost her life after an encounter with “One Chance” robbers in Abuja. The lady, who died at the National Hospital, Abuja, had boarded a vehicle allegedly operated by robbers. A security source told our reporter that Arnong boarded a commercial taxi […]

Miss Freda Arnong, a staff member of the Ghanaian High Commission in Nigeria, has lost her life after an encounter with “One Chance” robbers in Abuja.

The lady, who died at the National Hospital, Abuja, had boarded a vehicle allegedly operated by robbers.

A security source told our reporter that Arnong boarded a commercial taxi cab at Transcorp junction last week.

Four unidentified men were said to be in the vehicle.

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He said the taxi driver took another direction towards Lugbe-Airport road, where she was brutalised before being pushed out of the moving vehicle.

According to the security source, the deceased was later rescued and taken to the hospital, where she lost her life.

Our reporter learnt that the deceased died around 1:53pm on Tuesday.

A source from the hospital, who said he was not permitted to speak to the press, confirmed the death of the deceased.

“She died at exactly 1:52pm on Tuesday, while her corpse has been deposited at the hospital morgue for an autopsy,” the source said.

Spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, SP Adeh Josephine, neither responded to calls nor replied to a text message sent to her over the incident.