"I Killed My Mother Because A Pastor Said She Is A Witch" - Suspect Reveals

The suspect, Blessing Jimoh

Operatives of the Ondo state police command have arrested a woman identified as Jimoh Blessing for allegedly killing her mother with a cutlass.

The 30-year-old woman said she killed her mother, Ijeoma Odo with a cutlass after a Pastor said her mother was a witch.

She was paraded alongside other criminals.

The Pastor is said to be on the run.

Blessing said she has four children and committed the crime while they were working at the farm Ile-Iluji area.

She claimed to be mentally unstable when she committed the crime.

According to her, “It was something doing me that make me kill my mother. I am not happy with what I did.

“I cut her neck with a cutlass. It was a Pastor that said she was witch and l went to beg her. My mother is from Enugu State. We have been looking for the Pastor but we have not seen him.”

Ondo Police Commissioner, Bolaji Salami, said the suspect would soon be charged to court.