A housewife, Mrs Nata Igbinovia, has reportedly been hacked to death by a father and his son, while separating a fight in Edo State. The Guardian learnt that the incident happened on Saturday night at Okpagha, an outskirt of Benin city, along Auchi Road.
The teenage daughter of the deceased, identified as Patience, yesterday related how her mother met her gruesome death at the hands of Mr Ayo Philip and his yet-to-be-identified son (now at large).
Patience explained that her mother was separating a fight between her nephew and their neighbours (the suspects) after a heated argument when they hacked her to death with a knife and an axe. She alleged that during the argument, Mr Philip brought out a knife to stab their nephew but was blocked by her mother who got injured in the process.
According to her, on seeing the deceased lying unconscious on the ground, the suspects fled before sympathisers could reach the scene. Patience said a good samaritan in the neighbourhood who heard of the incident immediately offered a vehicle in which the deceased was taken to the hospital where she was confirmed dead.
It was gathered that operatives of the Eyaen police division had visited the scene and had already commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the killing.
When contacted, spokesperson for Edo State Police Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed that Mr Philip has been arrested. He said: “The suspect, Ayo Philip, has been arrested yesterday, while investigation into the murder case is still on.”