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The family of Rita Amenze, the woman murdered in cold-blood in Italy by her Italian husband because she reportedly filed for divorce after returning from Nigeria where she allegedly got married to the father of her three children, have debunked the claim. Father of the children, Frank Akpoguma, and mother of the deceased, Faith Oyahiagbon, said there was no truth in the allegation, and challenged anyone with proof to provide it.

Amenze was on September 10, 2021 shot at close range at her work place by her husband, Pierangelo Pellizar, 61, for reportedly filing for divorce barely two weeks after she returned to Italy from Nigeria.
Amenze’s grieving family is therefore demanding justice, appealing to both the Federal Government of Nigeria, and the Italian Government to ensure that justice was served in the case. Members of the family made the call on Tuesday in Benin, Edo State, when a delegation of the Edo National Association in Italy, (ENAI) and the National Union of Nigerian Associations in Italy, (NUNAI) paid them a condolence visit.

The delegation, led by Pastor Mike Oputteh, the Welfare Officer of NUNAI, arrived the family house of the late 31-year-old Amenze, to meet her three children out of school for failure to pay their school fees.
The inconsolable mother of the deceased lamented that she had lost her only hope and breadwinner. Oyahiagbon said she had developed a high blood pressure since the news of the death of her first born was broken to her two weeks ago. She regretted that the children she left behind were little, and there was nobody to take care of them again.

Bemoaning her loss, while weeping profusely, she said “Rita was my daughter; and my first born for that matter. She was all I had. She came home recently to see the children and we were all joyous. She had been in Italy for long just to seek a greener pasture. Celebrate, her last child, was six months old when she left her for me for upbringing. We also departed joyously while she was returning only to receive the bad news about two weeks later that she was shot dead.
“But I didn’t believe this until now that you all came. This looks like a film to me because how could I believe that a daughter that meant everything to me is dead”. Oyahiagbon, however appealed to the Nigerian mission in Italy, and Nigerian Unions there to help the family to get justice for the sake of the children.
