An officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), identified as Akpan Blessing, has been fatally stabbed by unknown assailants.
Reports indicate that the attack occurred in the early hours of last Tuesday, right in front of her residence in Piawe, Bwari, Abuja.
She was rushed to the Bwari General Hospital, where medical personnel confirmed her death.
According to reports, the deceased was rushed to different hospitals after the attack but she was denied immediate treatment because of the absence of a police report.
One of the friends, who did not want her name in print mentioned, said the first medical facility Blessing was taken to was Gabriel Hospital, before she was subsequently taken to St. Theresa Hospital – both in Bwari town.
Speaking in a distraught tone, she said the NSCDC officer lost her life because she had lost so much blood before she was attended to at Bwari General Hospital where she was later confirmed dead.
“It is painful that we lost officer Blessing as she was fondly called due to a weaken and uncoordinated system,” she said, adding “someone was dying and you insisted there there must be a police report before she was attended to.
“Honestly, this is very sad to say the least. Besides, she’s also a security personnel. We showed them her office identity card, they still didn’t attend to her, hence the reason we were taking her from one place to another until she died.”
When asked how she was stabbed, another friend explained that “she was on way somewhere and some persons wanted to rob her of her belongings. I guess they had to stab her to have their way.”