A 25-year-old housemaid, Dominion Okoro, has revealed how she killed Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, 85, the mother of a former governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion.
Narrating on Tuesday how she carried out the nefarious act on December 2, Okoro, who was arrested in her hometown, Calabar, said she hit her late boss with a stool while she was sleeping in order to rob her of her possession.
Okoro, who stated this while being paraded at Edo State Police headquarters in Benin City, disclosed that she made away with N100,000, a wristwatch and jewellery from the GRA residence of the Igbinedions.
She said, “I killed Mama 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 on December 10 in Benin City.
The prime suspect’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.
The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Phillip Ogbadu, revealed that it took time, effort and money to arrest Dominion, adding that no fewer than 20 persons were arrested before Dominion was nabbed and that she has confessed to committing the crime.
He stated that the suspects in the murder of Madam Igbinedion would soon be charged to court, after thorough investigation.
