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Dominion Okoro, the maid who murdered Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, the 85-year-old mother of former Edo State governor, Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion, is to die by hanging.
The death sentence was pronounced on the 25-year-old convict on Monday by an Edo State High Court sitting in Benin.
Okoro murdered the deceased December 2, 2021, at her Ugbor Road residence in Oredo local government area of Edo State, by hitting her with a stool after which she robbed her of some money and other valuables.
Okoro was arraigned on a three-count charge by police prosecutor, Orobosa Okunbor. In count one, she was accused of administering stupefying substances on the deceased; count two, murder; and count three, robbery with violence. She was convicted for all the three offenses.
While she was sentenced to death by hanging for murder, as well as for robbery with violence, she bagged life imprisonment for administering stupefying substances on the deceased.
In her judgement, the trial Judge, Justice Efe Ikponmwoba, held that the convict, also used cotton wool to stoke the nose of the deceased and thereafter, called a cab man to escape from the house early the following morning.
