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Suspected Killer of Lucky Igbinedion’s Mother, Others, Remanded
Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City
Suspected killer of Mrs, Maria Oredola Igbinedion, Dominion Okoro 25 and her accomplices were yesterday remanded in Edo State Correction Centre by a Benin High Court.
Other accomplices also remanded are Patience Okoro 39, Francis Taga 51, Ezikiel Danjuma 24 and Abraham Kuje.
Justice Efe Ikpomwomba remanded the accused persons in correctional Centre pending the advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), of the state ministry of justice.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Peter Ngwumba, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), told the court that the suspects were charged with murder, accessory to murder, negligent act, causing harm, robbery among other offences.
He said the suspect were arrested on December 3, 10 and 13 in Benin, Edo state, Aba in Abia state and Ikom in Cross River State respectively.
The prosecutor also told the court that the prime suspect Dominion Okoro, a cook to the deceased on December 2, in Ugbor, GRA Benin, killed her and stole her N100,000, a golden wrist watch and necklace and absconded.
According to him, the suspect after committing the crime informed her elder sister, Patience Okoro, about the crime who instructed the suspect to run away with the stolen items.
Speaking further, he said the third accused person, Francis Taga aided the suspect to escape by taking her to Agbor park in Ikpoba Okha Local Government of the state to enable her escape arrest after she had robbed and killed her madam.
He said Ezekiel Danjuma and Abraham Kuje who are security guard to late Mrs Igbinedion conspired among themselves and unlawfully committed negligence of duty to protect life and property of the deceased and permitted Dominion to escape from the gate after committing the crime.
The prosecutor urged the court that to remand the accused in correctional centre pending the advice from the DPP
Justice Ikpomwomba therefore, remanded the suspects in Correctional Centre and adjourned the case to January 26, 2022.