Undergraduate kills mum for refusing him money

Tragedy struck in Benin City on Thursday
when a 22-year-old undergraduate murdered
his mother over her alleged failure to give
him money.

The suspect, identified as Caleb Obasogie
and last child of his deceased mother,
Josephine Igbineweka, 55, allegedly
committed the crime at their residence,
31A, Iyamu Street, Off Textile Mill Road,
Benin City at about 8 am.

He reportedly locked himself and his
mother in a room in their apartment,
stabbed and ripped her stomach with a
broken Pepsi bottle and dangled her
mother’s womb before neighbours who
rushed in to rescue her.

Sources said the deceased had passed the
night in a neighbour’s house after her killer-
son locked her out for not giving him the
money he demanded.

It was learnt that Obasogie is a final year
education student of the University of Benin,
while his late mother was a beer parlour
operator in Benin.

A woman who claimed to have
accommodated the deceased overnight
when her son locked her out and other
neighbours, described the tragedy as
unfortunate, horrible and a scene from a
horror movie.

Meanwhile, the suspect has been arrested
and is being detained at Textile Mill Road
police division in Benin City.

His arrest was confirmed by Edo Police
Command spokesman, DSP Moses
Nkombe.