Wednesday, May 1, 2024 -A mother of four, Mrs. Nata Igbinovia, was hacked to death by a father and his son in Edo State while separating a fight
The incident happened on Saturday night, April 27, 2024, at Okpagha- Ewuare, Eyaen quarters, an outskirt community of Benin city, along Auchi Road.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command,
SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the incident said the suspect, Ayo Mr. Philip
has been arrested.
"Yes, the Command is aware of it,
investigation has begun, the suspect, Philip Ayo, has been arrested yesterday.
Investigation into the murder case is still on,” he said.
According to the woman's daughter,
Patience, her mother was separating a fight between her nephew and their
neighbors (the suspects) after a heated argument when they hacked her to death
with a knife and an axe.
She alleged that during the argument, Mr.
Philip brought out a knife to stab her cousin but was blocked by her mother who
got injured in the process.
She added that the deceased thereafter fell down, while the
suspect’s son who had ran inside their room, came out with an axe and hit her
mother with it on her back, just as his father who was still holding the knife
again stabbed her mother on the chest.
According to Patience, on seeing the
deceased lying unconscious on the ground, the suspects fled before sympathizers
could reach the scene.
She said a good Samaritan in the
neighborhood who heard of the incident immediately brought a vehicle in which
the deceased was taken to the hospital where she was confirmed dead.
It was gathered that operatives of
the Eyaen police division have visited the scene and had already commenced
investigation into the circumstances surrounding the killing.
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