Man, this whole thing is just heartbreaking and honestly makes your blood boil. A group of those “One Chance” taxi thugs in Abuja killed a Ghanaian woman named Freda Arnong, and her brother Arnold is out here screaming for justice. And who can blame him?
So, Arnold went on Facebook and just let it all out. On July 1, 2025, Freda had just wrapped up her house fellowship near the CBN Institute pretty normal night, nothing wild. She lived on Pope John Paul Street and, like anyone else, hopped into a taxi around 7 pm by Transcorp Hilton. She had no clue she was stepping right into a nightmare.
Right after Freda got in, bam they blindfolded her and started beating her up. These psychos wanted her phone, made her open her banking app, all that. But Freda wasn’t even into tech stuff she liked doing her banking in person, old-school style. Plus, she’d lost her ATM card weeks earlier and hadn’t replaced it. So, basically, they couldn’t get any money out of her.
That just set them off even more. Arnold says they beat her worse, and when Freda tried to suggest her boss could wire them the N10 million they were demanding, they straight-up refused. Instead, they started threatening to chop her up and sell her body parts. Who ARE these people?
They kept driving her around Abuja for hours, just torturing her, and eventually dumped her out by Moshood Abiola Stadium around 11 pm. She tried to get help flagged down cars, did everything but no one stopped. Can’t really blame them; people are terrified these days.
Some local vigilante guy finally spotted her and rushed her to National Hospital. But man, she was a mess broken ribs, busted lungs, kidney damage, internal bleeding, injuries all over. Like, the list just goes on. She hung on for a few days, but Freda died at 3 am on July 7th.
Arnold’s post is gutting. He asks: what did Freda ever do wrong? Nothing. She just lived in a city where the system doesn’t protect people. How many more lives before someone actually cares? When do we get to ride a bus or taxi without feeling like it’s a gamble with our lives?
He’s calling out for real changes stuff like a way to verify drivers and cars before you get in. And honestly, how’s that not a thing already? He says Freda can’t just be another name on a long list of victims. Her killers have to be caught and punished. There are so many families out there grieving, and the system just keeps failing them.
So yeah, Arnold’s not just grieving he’s pissed off and demanding action. And, honestly, we all should be. Enough is enough.
