Madam Nguemo, a photographer in Abuja, has shared a heart-wrenching experience of how she was kidnapped, beaten to a stupor and robbed by ‘One Chance’ robbers in Abuja....CONTINUE READING
‘One chance’ is a type of robbery in which unsuspecting passengers are lured into commercial vehicles whose occupants are robbers.
This form of robbery has become rampant in many parts of the Federal Capital Territory.
While narrating her encounter with the robbers to THE WHISTLER, Madam Nguemo said she boarded a cab from Next Cash And Carry Junction heading to Bannex when the incident happened.
She said: “On Thursday evening I went to a pharmacy along Next Cash & Carry Junction, after purchasing the drugs, I boarded a cab from the junction to Bannex, the car barely moved 200 meters when the guy beside me drew close to me and aggressively dragged my bag asking to see what I had in it.
“I asked him what he wanted, but instead he brought out a jackknife and said I should behave, that he was not joking. At this point, I knew I was in for a big mess.
“The assailant gave me a dirty slap, snatched the bag from me, and at this point I started shouting Jesus! Jesus! As a believer, the only thing I could do was to pray while he was beating, assaulting and threatening to rape and kill me.”
The robbers continued to beat him while the driver continued to drive on the expressway.
Speaking further, she said, “The beatings continued for about thirty minutes, in the process, they asked me if I had people to rescue me if I was kidnapped. They asked how much I had in my account and demanded for my ATM card. But when I told them I left it at home, they became very furious and intensified the beating, one of them removed his belt roughly flogging me across my face.
“At this point, I felt my eyes were red with blood and swollen, but the beatings continued as I didn’t have my ATM card with me and couldn’t transfer money to them through their POS machine.
