Nigerian Ambassador, NiDCOM Condemns Killing of Nigerian Woman in Italy The Nigerian Ambassador to Italy, Amb Mfawa Omini Abam; the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa; and the Nigerian Community in Italy, have condemned the killing of a Nigeria housewife, Rita Amenze by her husband in Italy, demanding full investigation.
A 61-year-old Italian man, Pierangelo Pellizzar, has allegedly shot dead his 31-year-old Nigerian wife, Amenze Rita, in Italy.
It was reported that Rita filed for divorce which angered her embittered husband to carry out the heinous act of killing her.
Rita was said to have been killed in front of her colleagues in the parking lot of Mf Mushroom, a company where she worked on Friday morning, in Noventa Vicentina.
It was gathered that the suspect, Pellizzar waylaid his estranged housewife at about 7:30am and shot her four times, until life was gone out of her.
Rita, Town Crier gathered, just returned from Nigeria a week ago after she arrived in Italy in 2017 through Libya and got married to the Italian man in 2018.
Giving an update on the sad event , Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) stated that the estranged husband, Mr Pierangelo Pellizzar, has been arrested.
In a statement in Abuja, Dabiri-Erewa said that the alleged killing of the housewife by her husband due to the fact that she filed for a divorce was quite unfortunate and sad.
In the same vein, the President of National Union of Nigerian Associations in Italy (NUNAI), Mr Rowland Ndukuba also condemned the killing and thanked the Police authorities for the arrest of the husband.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Ambassador, Mfawa Omini Abam, who has been informed about the pathetic death of the Nigerian, has promised that the Embassy will ensure that proper investigation is carried out.
It was reported that Rita filed for divorce which angered her embittered husband to carry out the heinous act of killing her.