December 07, (THEWILL) – The Police are currently on the trail of the maid who strangled the matriarch of the Igbinedion family of Edo State, Maria to death last week. The maid is reportedly from Cross River State. The late woman’s children have vowed to assist the police to track her.
The gruesom killing has thrown the Igbinedion family into a mournful mood.
THEWILL had exclusively reported that Maria from Usen in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, was strangled to death, on Thursday December 2 at her home in Ugbo, Benin-City, the Edo State capital at the age of 85.
Unfortunately, the octogenarian did not die of old age neither was she nursing an ailment. She died through the dastardly act of one of her maids employed to live with and attend to her needs.
THEWILL gathered that the maid strangled her, ransacked her home for jewelries money and disappeared into thin air.
Maria had remained confined to a wheelchair since her 80th birthday, unable to move around. She managed to survive the dark days of the Covid-19 pandemic only to be killed by a hired hand entrusted to take care of her.
Maria was married to Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin Kingdom. She is survived by the former governor, Lucky Igbinedion, Bright, Patience and Philomena as well as numerous grandchildren.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
