Friday 18 May 2012

Witchcraft: Man who killed mum dies

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A man, Mr. Jonathan Igbinomiahie, who allegedly killed his 75-year-old mother, Mrs. Janet Igbinomiahie, after accusing her of witchcraft, has died.

Jonathan, according to the police, died at the Central Hospital, Benin, Edo State, on Saturday.

Confirming his death, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Etim Bassey, said Jonathan complained of undisclosed sickness before he was taken to the Central Hospital, where he later died.

Bassey added that the command had at other times taken him to the Psychiatric Hospital, in Uselu, where he also received treatment.

He said, “Somebody came and said he was a psychiatric patient, so the police had been taking him to the hospital. When he was taken to the Central Hospital, he died in the hospital. Even other detainees have been talking about his behaviour.

“The corpse is in the Central Hospital morgue; so for now, we don’t know the cause of his death.

Jonathan had on May 2 in Obagie in Ehor, Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of the state, allegedly killed his mother.

A source had told PUNCH Metro that “the 36-year-old man had accused his mother of being responsible for his inability to make progress in life.

The source had said, “Jonathan had complained in the past that things were not as rosy as he expected. There was a time he confronted the mother and accused her of witchcraft. He said the woman had been using her power to hinder his progress.

“On the day of the crime, Jonathan went to his mother’s apartment and when he discovered that she was alone in the house, he shot her with a dane gun and later used a cutlass to cut her repeatedly.

“Some people were later attracted to the scene by the cry of the woman.

“Jonathan also set the house on fire. As soon as he saw the people that came to rescue the woman, he ran away but he was later caught by the youth and who took him to Ehor Police Division, which is the nearest police station to the village.”

Culled from The Punch.

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