Operatives of the Edo State Police Command has arrested a housemaid identified as Dominion Okoro who is connected to the murder of Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, mother of a former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion.

The 85-year-old woman was allegedly strangled by the suspect at her residence in Ugbor, GRA, Benin-City.

It was gathered that the maid who hailed from Cross River state, after committing the crime, ransacked the deceased’s home and ran away with her jewelries and money.

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According to Festus Alenkhe, crime correspondent , the suspect was arrested on Tuesday December 15, 2021 in Calabar, the capital of Cross River state, by a combined tactical team of the Nigerian Police and She is currently being held at the Edo State Police headquarters Benin City.