An Akwa Ibom-born personnel with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was fatally stabbed recently and died hours after in an Abuja hospital where she was refused treatment over lack of police report.
It was learnt that Blessing Akpan was stabbed in front of her residence in Piawe, Bwari, in the early hours of the day.
Blessing’s friends told newsmen she had been rushed to different hospitals after the attack but was allegedly 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 NSCDC officer died because she had lost so much blood before she was attended to at a hospital where she was later confirmed dead.
“It is painful that we lost officer Blessing as she was fondly called due to a weak and uncoordinated system”, she said, adding “someone was dying and you insisted there must be a police report before she was attended to.”
“Honestly, this is very sad to say the least. Besides, she is also a security personnel. We showed them her office identity card, they still did not 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 her way returning from somewhere and some persons wanted to rob her of her belongings. “I guess they had to stab her to have their way”, she said.
