The Criminal court 1 in Benin
city, Edo state, has sentenced Dominion Okoro the housemaid who killed
Madam Maria Igbinedion, mother of ex-governor of Edo state, Lucky
Igbinedion, to death by hanging.
Recall that the assailant had
murdered the 85-year-old woman at her residence in GRA, Benin City, on December
2, 2021.
Okoro said she had killed her
employer because she wanted to steal her jewelry and money.
She said: “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.”
After the confession, Dominion
and her sister patience Okoro were arrested and arraigned in court.
Delivering judgment on the
case on June 20, Justice Efe Ikponmwonba sentenced the convict to death by
hanging for murder and robbery with violence while she bagged life imprisonment
for count two which was for applying harmful substances to the late Madam
Igbinedion.
Dominion’s sister who was
charged for accessory was discharged and acquitted.
