25-year-old housemaid, Dominion Okoro has narrated how she killed Ex-Governor Igbinedion’s mother.
Gatekeepers News reports that Okoro on Tuesday confessed to killing the mother of Lucky Igbinedion, former Governor of Edo State – Madam Maria Igbinedion, 85.
While narrating how she carried out the act on December 2, Okoro who was arrested in her hometown in Calabar, Cross River State, said she hit her late boss in the head with a stool while she slept.
The suspect, who spoke while being paraded at the Edo State Police Command Headquarters in Benin, revealed that she made away with N100,000, a wristwatch, and jewellery from the GRA residence of the Igbinedions.
Okoro said, “I killed mama to carry her money. She did not offend me. While she was sleeping on her bed, around 12.01 am on December 2, 2021, I used a stool to hit her in the head and she shouted for help, but only the gateman was around and he did not hear the shout. Mama later died.
“I waited till 4 am on December 2, 2021, before leaving the house with mama’s N100,000, wristwatch, and jewellery. I escaped to Cross River State, but I was later arrested by the police.”
The deceased was later buried in the state capital on December 10.
The prime suspect’s elder sister, Patience, was first arrested by the police before Dominion was nabbed and moved to Benin for investigation.
Patience stated that neither she nor their parents knew anything about the crime her sister committed.
The Commissioner of Police, Phillip Ogbadu, said it took time, effort and money to arrest Dominion, noting that no fewer than 20 persons were first arrested before the suspect was caught.
According to him, 427 suspected criminals were arrested for their involvement in kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, burglary, and other crimes, with a large cache of arms, ammunition and money also recovered from them in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Ogbadu noted that all the suspects would be charged to court.
