A 25-year-old housemaid, Dominion Okoro, has said that she is the one who killed Mrs Oredola Igbinedion, mother of a former Governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbinedion.
She said the old woman did not offend her but she did so to take her possession.
Dominion revealed this when she was paraded by the police in Benin, adding that she hit the 85-yeard-old with a stool while she was sleeping.
She a said she made away with N100,000, a wristwatch and jewellery from the GRA residence of the Igbinedions.
She added, “I killed Mama (Madam Maria Igbinedion) to carry 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 and she was shouting for help, but only the gateman was around and he did not hear the shout. Mama later died.
“I waited till 4 a.m. 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.”
Madam Igbinedion was buried in Benin on December 10 in Benin.
The prime suspect’s (Dominion’s) elder sister, Patience, was first arrested by the police before Dominion was later nabbed and moved to Benin for a thorough investigation.
Patience Okoro said neither she nor their parents in Cross River State knew anything about the crime committed by Dominion.
Edo Commissioner of Police, Phillip Ogbadu, revealed that it took time, efforts and money to arrest Dominion, noting that no fewer than 20 persons were first arrested before Dominion was arrested and she confessed to committing the crime.
He noted the suspects in the murder of Madam Igbinedion would soon be charged to court, after thorough investigation.
