How I Killed Ex-Gov Igbinedion’s Mother – Housemaid

The 25-year-old girl, Dominion Okoro, who allegedly murdered the mother of former Edo State governor, Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, on Tuesday told the police at the Edo state police command that she used a stool to hit the head of the 85-year old woman while trying to steal from her wardrobe.

Okoro said she killed her and made away with her N100,000, wristwatch, and jewellery after which she escaped to Cross River State, her home town.

While being paraded at Edo police headquarters in Benin, She narrated how she killed her and made away with N100,000, a wristwatch and jewellery from the palatial residence of the Igbinedions at the Government Reservation Area (GRA), Benin.

According to her:

“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 gate man 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.”

She served the family for a year and three months before greed pushed her to commit the crime

Recall that, Mama Igbinedion was buried in Benin on December 10, after a funeral service at St. Augustine Catholic Church in the Edo state capital.

The prime suspect’s elder sister, Patience, was first arrested by the police, before Dominion was later nabbed and moved to Benin for 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 Ogbaudu while parading the suspect revealed that it took time, efforts and money to arrest Dominion, with no fewer than twenty persons first nabbed, before the prime suspect (Dominion) was arrested and she confessed to committing the crime.

He noted that being a state crime, the suspects in the murder of Madam Igbinedion would soon be charged to court, after thorough investigation, with Dominion being specially worked on and he earlier interrogated her more than three times, stressing that to every crime, there would be parties.

Ogbadu pointed out that in the fourth quarter of this year, 427 suspected criminals were arrested for their involvement in kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, burglary and other crimes, with large cache of arms, ammunition and money also recovered from them, while declaring Edo as a no-go state for criminals, who were asked to steer clear.

He admonished residents of Edo state to be security conscious during this festive period and never to display expensive items in their vehicles, in order not to attract armed robbers and to ensure that their vehicles were tracked, so as to recover them faster, in case of losing them to criminals.