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NiDCOM condoles with family of Nigerian killed in Canada

Mr Momah and Tosin Amos-Arowoshegbe were killed at a club in Canada on July 23, 2022.

• August 8, 2022
Nigerians in Diaspora Commission
Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM)

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has paid a condolence visit to the bereaved family of Chibueze Momah.

Mr Momah and Tosin Amos-Arowoshegbe were killed at a club in Canada on July 23, 2022.

Gabriel Odu, NiDCOM’s spokesman stated on Monday in Abuja.

NiDCOM boss, Abike Dabiri-Erewa paid the visit at the deceased residence in Lagos, to convey her deepest sympathy and support for the family.

She prayed to the Almighty God to give the family the strength to bear the irreparable loss of their son who recently graduated in Computer programming a few months before his untimely death.

The father, Ikechukwu Momah, on behalf of the family thanked the NiDCOM boss and her team for the visit and pleaded for a thorough investigation into the matter.

Both victims worked at the ATL lounge in Vaughn, Ontario as security guards.

The killers were said to have fled the scene of the incident after shooting them before the police arrived. 

(NAN)

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