…I thought money would come out – suspect
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] 21-year-old boy has killed his mother and went ahead to have multiple sex with her corpse at Ologbo Community along Benin- Sapele road in Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Edo State.The horrible incident occurred in their rented apartment at 8B, Market road, Ologbo on Monday, October 29, 2018.
It was learnt that the suspect, Samuel Emobor Oghenekporboro allegedly strangled her 58 years old mother Mrs Christiana Ighoyivwi and copulated with her lifeless body hoping that money would appear from the blues in the process.
Mother of the victim, Mrs. Maria Gabriel discovered the ugly incident when she went to the daughter’s residence about 6am to invite her to morning prayer at a nearby church.
The old woman was said to have knocked repeatedly on her daughter’s (victim) door but nobody responded.
When she eventually peeped through an opening in the window, she raised an alarm that attracted curious neighbours.
It was also scooped that the suspect, Samuel swiftly opened the door and attempted to escape but was held by neighbours who handed him over to police at Ologbo.
Semen-stained undies said to belong to the suspect and his late mother were recovered from the room as exhibits by police officers.
Our investigation revealed that the case has been transferred to the homicide unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) at the State Police Command Headquarters in Benin City.
The suspect who is now cooling off his heels inside the maximum cell at (SCIID), it was gathered had narrated his evil deeds in his statement to the Investigating Police Officer (IPO), one Inspector Acho Ornguga of homicide unit.
He was alleged to have resisted all efforts by his uncle to give him vocational training after he withdrew himself from school.
The 21-year-old suspect is also said to be the second son of three sons the deceased had for his father.
It could not be ascertained as at press time whether the suspect’s action is ritual-related, but investigation revealed that he is not necrophiliac.
The victim, Mrs. Christiana Ighoyivwi who did menial job at a Palm oil producing company in the area, sources further revealed is a mother of eight children from four men, the last of whom is the suspect’s father.
Confirming the murder and the unnatural offence allegely committed by the suspect, the Public Relations Officer for Edo State Police Command DSP Chidi Nwabuzor said investigation was ongoing with a view to arraigning the suspect, Samuel Emobor Oghenekporboro in court.
He however warned members of the public against taking the laws in their own hands.
