How I Killed Igbinbedion’s Mother, Maid Confesses

Dominion Okoro, the housemaid of Mrs Maria Igbinedion, mother of former Edo state governor, has confessed killing her.

Trixx NG recalls Mrs Igbinedion was killed on December 1, 2021 by her housemaid, who absconded after committing the heinous act.

The 25-year-old while narrating the incident disclosed that she hit the deceased with a stool while sleeping in order to rob her of her possession.

Okoro, while being paraded at the Edo State Police headquarters, noted that she stole ₦100,000, a wristwatch and jewellery from the GRA residence of the Igbinedions.

“We used to massage her body, so on December 1, at about 11pm 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.”

Gloria, who initially refused to talk to journalists, said the police had threatened to kill her if she mentioned her accomplice.

“The man said they will kill me if I mention anybody that I am telling lies. The man is a police officer and he is here.”

One of her sisters, Patient Okoro, who was also arrested, said she didn’t know anything about the killing and that her junior sister only informed her on phone that she had committed murder.

She said she assisted the police in arresting her in Cross River, adding that all those they arrested while searching for her had been released but the police refused to release her.

“My sister is not talking because the police has threatened to kill her if she mentioned her accomplices to journalists,” she said.