Woman hacked to death by her children

The sleepy town of Lampese, a border town between Kogi
and Edo states, was thrown into confusion last Wednesday
when the slain body of a woman was found.
The woman, identified as Mr. Itowo Ojeifo, was said to have
been lured to a farm road by her two children. They then
macheted her to death.
The suspected killers were the woman’s 25-year-old
daughter identified as Omolayo Ojeifo (25) and Taiye, her
20-year-old son.
The machete killing in the
town located in the Akoko Edo council area came barely
three weeks after a retired soldier killed his wife with a
machete at Igarra, the administrative headquarters the
same council.
Sources in Lampese disclosed to journalists that Omolayo
had accused her mother of being behind her inability to
"progress in life" and had on several occasions accused her
of bewitching her.
It was however said that she apologised to her mother few
days before the incident, pleading for forgiveness, adding
that she was misled into believing that her mother was
responsible for her misfortune in life.
But on the fateful day, the suspect was said to have
appealed to her mother to accompany her somewhere.
Despite her mother's refusal that she was busy with house
chores and that she should wait till she was through,
Omolayo was able to persuade the elder woman to abandon
the cassava she was peeling and accompany her, oblivious
that her daughter and son had plans to kill her.
She was said to have been led through a bush path to the
farm and midway, her brother brought out the machete and
started "cutting their mother."
An eye witness who was said to have been threatened by
the suspects that he would be dealt with if he reported what
he saw was said to have rushed down to report to the
community but before people could be mobilised to the
scene, the woman had been killed by her children.
Edo state Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Eguavoen,
who confirmed the incident to journalists in Benin, added
that it was the former husband of the victim, Mr Sunday
Itowo that made a formal report to the police on the
incident.
Eguavoen said the victims ran to Uzebba in Owan West
local lgovernment area of the state, but that the covert
intelligence of the police led to their arrest, adding, “the
case will soon be transferred to the state command for
further investigation.”