Robbers cut down banker
in her prime
By PHILIP NWOSU & MATTHEW DIKE
Thursday, April
3, 2008
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There was no sign that death was lurking around the corner
that fateful Friday March 14, 2008, as Chizoba Nelson, a banker
with First Inland Bank, Allen Avenue branch, in Lagos went
about her normal duty for the day.
Normally, as the day progressed and the day’s task concluded,
she looked forward to returning to the waiting hands of her
loving husband, who was identified as Emmanuel Nelson.
As she closed her books, balanced her account, what was in
her mind was the weekend rest, which she needed to enable
her to prepare for the coming week.
But this was not to be for Chizoba, 36, as some dare-devil
robbers cut short her bustling life as she was coming back
from work to her residence at Okokomaiko, Lagos.
According to her colleagues, Chizoba had closed from work
that fateful day and headed for her house oblivious that danger
was lurking on her route.
Daily Sun gathered that at 7.55pm Chizoba had progressed in
her journey and had reached the Ojo Cantonment area, along
the Badagry-Mile 2 Expressway, from where she initiated a
call to her husband to inquire if he was home already.
Her husband told Daily Sun that his wife could not make it
to their house as she ran into armed robbers at Agric bus-stop
on Mile 2 – Badagry expressway.
He said when his wife did not return by 10:30pm, he commenced
search for her from 10.30 pm which continued till dawn, before
her body was found at the bus stop with bullet-ridden face.
Nelson said: “After she called, I waited for an hour,
but did not see her. At 10.30 p.m, I mounted a motorcycle
to the barracks searching for her. I wanted to see if any
accident happened on the way. I tried her mobile phone and
I heard a lady’s voice who later hissed and switched
off the phone.”
Worried and desperate to see his wife, Nelson allegedly rushed
to several police stations, including Ojo, Onireke and Okokomaiko
to lodge complaints.
Daily Sun learnt that Nelson’s friend, Charles broke
the news of Chizoba’s death.
He said: “Charles told me that armed robbers shot her.
I did not believe until I got to the scene and saw my wife’s
dead body. They shot her in the face.”
At First Inland Bank, where Chizoba was the Customer Service
Officer, it was sadness and sorrow as staff of the branch
of the bank were in deep shock.
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