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Twenty-three year-old bricklayer, Kingsley Adebayo, from Ibillo in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, has allegedly killed a 46-year-old widow, and mother of four, Rosemary Ifeoma, popularly called Mama Samuel, from Orogun in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.
He was said to have hit the lady with a plank and had carnal knowledge of her thereafter.
Adebayo was alleged to have hit the head of her 13-year-old boy and then pounced on the woman thinking the son was dead.
Confirming the incident yesterday, Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, Kontongs Bello, said the suspect would be charged to court, once investigation is concluded.
Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City
The Edo State Police Command has arrested two persons suspected to be cultists at the weekend in Benin City, capital of Edo State.
The two suspects whose names were given as Ratmond Imasuen (32) and Precious Ajayi (24) were said to have been arrested at Etiosa community, along the Benin-Sapele Road bypass.
According to a statement by the Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, Bello Kotongs, the suspects were caught with one pump action gun and some dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
Kotongs disclosed that the suspects belonged to one of the deadly cult groups terrorising innocents citizen within Benin City and environ, adding that the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Phillip Ogbadu, has reiterated his commitment for a crime free Edo State by directing all area commanders, DPO’s and tactical commanders to intensify visibility within the state with the aim of arresting unrelenting criminal element in the state.
Septuagenarian body decomposes as sisters keep mother’s corpse for nine days The Punch
Published 12 July 2021
Residents of Universal Road, in the Okhoro area of Benin, Edo State, were in shock on Sunday after discovering the decomposing body of a septuagenarian, Mrs Agbenese Oshoma, nine days after she died.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the two children of the 78-year-old woman, who lived in the same house with her, knew their mother was dead, but kept the news to themselves.
The two sisters reportedly went about their daily activities inside the house while their mother’s corpse decomposed.
They were also said to have kept the body in the house until the offensive odour forced neighbours to barge into the apartment, only to find the bloated remains of the woman.
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