Teenager arrested over alleged murder of 71-yr-old woman in Edo

A14-year-old girl, has been arrested by the police over alleged murder of a 71-year-old woman, Mrs Helen Adodo in Benin, the Edo State capital.

It was gathered that the suspect has been living with the deceased at her residence located in Guobadia Street as house help since March this year.

The suspect is said to have smashed the septuagenarians head with a stone on Tuesday.

Others, however, said said some unknown persons reportedly sneaked into the residence and blindfolded Amos, before killing the deceased.

But a video obtained by our reporter yesterday showed the teenager confessing to the crime in the presence of some residents in the area.

In the video, she claimed that she did not know what came over her.

“When I took some plates outside, I took a broom and swept outside. I stood on the stone and looked up and down. When I did that, something entered my body. I stood on the stone again and looked up and down.

“I took the stone and entered the room but I did not know when I hit her head with the stone.

When contacted the state Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, the incident.

He said the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.

“According to investigation, the woman has been going through a lot of challenges with her health and before confirmed her death, she was down with stroke. So, perhaps somebody else did it and asked this little one to own up as the culprit,” he said

He assured that the police will do its best in the ongoing investigation to unravel the situation and make the report public, saying “for now, only the girl has been arrested.”