Fear spreads in Abuja as one-chance syndicates spread terror

Apprehension is high in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja following renewed activities of criminals operating under ‘one-chance’ syndicates.

SOCIETY WATCH reports that incidents of ‘one-chance’ abductions are on the rise in the nation’s capital city, connoting a security threat that has remained elusive.

In May, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, had raised an alarm over the complex nature of security challenges facing Abuja and called for a coordinated national approach to address it effectively.

At the budget defence for the FCT’s N1.78 trillion estimates, the minister said the FCT’s unique status as the host of the Presidency, National Assembly, and foreign diplomatic missions makes it impossible to run it as an autonomous entity like other states.

“You cannot talk about autonomy in a city where the President resides, where the Inspector-General of Police, the National Security Adviser, and every corporate head of the country operate from. The security of this city is not something we can handle alone,” Wike said at the time.

SOCIETY WATCH gathered that victims who report the crimes to authorities are only left to juggle between their traumatic experiences and a flawed system that demands more from them than what the criminals took.

Over the past week, three ladies have been confirmed dead in different parts of the city, allegedly all victims of “One Chance.”

SOCIETY WATCH reports that a petrol attendant, Grace Godwin, was on Saturday, July 12, found dead at the Jabi area of the capital city at about 7:21am ostensibly pushed from a “One Chance” car.

According to Zagazola Makama, a security expert, the 23-year-old woman’s death was a case of abduction and possible murder.