Envoy, NIDCOM, Nigerian Community Condemns Killing Of A Nigerian In
Italy, Calls For Justice
The Nigerian Ambassador to Italy, Amb Mfawa Omini Abam, Hon. Abike
Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) , as
well as the Nigerian Community in Italy, have demanded full
investigation into the killing of a Nigerian housewife, Rita Amenze in
Italy.
Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) stated that the
estranged husband, Mr Pierangelo Pellizzar, has been arrested.
In a statement in Abuja on Sunday, 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.
Similarly, 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.
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.
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 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 laid his estranged
wife at about 7:30am and shot her four times, until life was gone out of
her.
Rita who just returned from Nigeria a week ago, arrived in Italy in
2017 through Libya and got married to the Italian man in 2018.