By Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
Arrested housemaid of Mrs Maria Igbinedion, mother of former Edo State governor, Dominion Okoro, has confessed why and how she killed Mrs Igbinedion.
She said she hit her head with a stool after the octogenarian caught her stealing her money from her drawer.
Stonix News recalls that Mrs Igbinedion was killed on December 1, 2021 by her housemaid, who later absconded until she was arrested by the police.
Okoro made the confession when she was paraded along 427 other suspects on Tuesday by the Police Commissioner, Edo State, Mr Phillip Ogbadu.
Speaking with journalists, the 25-year-old narrated why she got involved in the act, saying she worked as the deceased’s maid for one year and three months before the incident.
“We used to massage her body; so on December 1, at about 11:00p.m that day after massaging her body, I prepared the bed for her to sleep.
“After that, I decided to steal her money from the drawer, but she saw me and shouted, so I hit her on the head with a stool and she died.
“When I counted the money, it was N100,000 and jewelry and I ran to Calabar where I was arrested.
“One Gloria, who used to work with the woman, asked me to do that. Madam used to send her to deposit money in the bank and also withdraw for her.
“She told me to kill the woman so that she will give me part of her money to take care of my baby who is sick,” the suspected noted.
Stonix News reports that Gloria, who was also paraded, had initially refused to talk to journalists, alleging that the police had threatened to kill her if she mentioned her accomplice.
“The man (police) said they will kill me if I mentioned anybody that I am telling lies. The man is a police officer and he is here,” she alleged.
One of Okoro’s sisters, Patience Okoro, who was also arrested, said she didn’t know anything about the killing.
She said her younger sister only informed her on phone that she had committed murder, adding that she assisted the police in arresting her in Cross River.
According to her, all the suspects arrested while searching for the murder suspects, had been released, but the police had refused to release her.
“My sister is not talking because the police have threatened to kill her if she mentioned her accomplices to journalists,” she corroborated the suspect.
Meanwhile, CP Ogbadu said the other 427 suspects were arrested in the fourth quarter of 2021, adding that 32 guns, 420 live ammunition and 18 vehicles were recovered during the period.
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