22-Year-Old Male Stabs Mother to Death in Edo

Josephine Igbineweka, 55, has been reportedly killed by her youngest child who has been identified as Caleb Obasogie, following her refusal to give him money in Benin, the Capital of Edo State.

According to information gathered, the deceased had spent the night at a neighbour’s house, because her son locked her out for failing to give him money he had demanded.

By morning, Caleb then locked himself and his mother in one of their rooms and stabbed her several times with a broken bottle, until her intestines were ripped out.

The killing is said to have happened at about 8.00am.

Eyewitness say Caleb had already ripped out and dangled his mother’s intestines before neighbours could rush in to rescue her, The Nation reports.

It was learnt that the suspect is a final year student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), while his mother on the other hand, was operating a beer parlour in Benin City up until her demise.
22-yr-old Man Stabs Mother to Death in Benin, Edo StateJosephine Igbineweka (deceased) Image: The Nation

Confirming the incident, DSP Moses Nkombe, the spokesman of Edo State Police Command, disclosed that Caleb had been arrested by the police.

                           
Sadly, there have been other related cases of mothers murdered by their sons. For example, we reported how a man allegedly killed his mother and buried her in a septic tank in Ogun State.

Also, it was reported that a teenager, Agugu Adau, killed his mother over the disappearance of a charm he inherited from his late father in Plateau Sate.

We hope justice is served in madam Igbineweka’s case.

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