A lady, Miss Dominion Okoro, has narrated how she used a stool to kill Mrs Maria Oredola Ogbinedon , the mother of former Governor Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State.
According to Okoro, she murdered the 85 year-old Mrs Igbinedion in the early hours of December 2 by hitting her on the head with a stool.
Okoro, who hailed from Calabar, Cross River State, perpetrated the act one year and three months after she was engaged as a domestic servant to the woman.
“ I killed mama (Madam Maria Igbinedion) in other to take her money. She did not offend me.
” While she was sleeping on her bed around 12:01 a.m. on December 2, 2021, I used a stool to hit her on the head while she was shouting for help; the gate man was the only person around but did not hear the shout, so mama later died.
“I waited till 4 a.m. on December 2, 2021, before leaving the house with mama’s N100,000, wristwatch, and jewelry. I escaped to Cross River State, but I was later arrested by the police, ” Okoro explained while being paraded before newsmen.
The suspect was paraded before newsmen in Benin, Edo State on Tuesday , December 21.
The deceased was buried in Benin-city on December 10 after a funeral service at St. Augustine Catholic Church , Benin.
The Commissioner of police in Edo State , Mr Philip Ogbadu while parading the suspect told newsmen that Okoro was arrested in Calabar.
Ogbadu said her arrest was made possible through the assistance of her elder sister, Patience Okoro.
According to the Commissioner, the suspect was later brought to Benin for thorough investigation and will be charged to court very soon. (vitalnews)
