My father’s senseless murder must be a wake-up call for Nigeria
by Chidiogo Akunyili from World news | The Guardian on (#5R3W1)
A surgeon dedicated to his patients, Chike Akunyili was on the frontline of people's suffering. We must address the problems that drove his killers to pull a trigger just because they could
On the afternoon of 28 September 2021 my father was murdered in broad daylight by Nigeria's ubiquitous unknown gunmen", the name given to unidentified attackers.
His killing, which happened to be on my birthday, was gruesome, cruel and senseless. As he struggled for his life no one helped or comforted him in his hour of need. Worse still, his body was robbed.
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