One Adebayo Kingsley, said to be a bricklayer and 23 years old, has been accused of murdering a 46-year-old widow and mother of four, Rosemary Ifeoma, popularly called Mama Samuel.
Adebayo, who hails from Ibillo in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, committed the alleged act in the home of the widow.
It was learnt that the woman is his lover and that he hit her with a plank and proceeded to have carnal knowledge of her corpse, after she died as a result of of the hit.
Adebayo, was said to have before killing and rapping the woman, hit and knocked out her 13-year-old son, who he thought was dead.
The incident was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Edo State Command, Kontongs Bello, on Tuesday.
Noting that the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigations in the matter are concluded, Bello said the incident happened in Darlington Ogbeifun Street, off Ogbekan Village Road, Ugbor in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.
A resident of the area who introduced himself simply as Peter narrated, “This woman we popularly called Mama Samuel was a widow with four children and the last one, who is 13 years, stays with her.
“She was having difficulties paying her rent and then approached a woman in the area whose brother was building a storey building that has been roofed, to allow her stay there pending when she can raise money from her business to get a new accommodation.
“She had a lover, who is a bricklayer, that was coming to see her and people around here know them.
“It was early in the morning on July 16 that her 13 years old son, after regaining consciousness from his confrontation with the suspect in the night, ran to inform neibghours of what has happened.
“He was rushed to the hospital for treatment and later narrated the story of how the suspected attacked them.
“He led others to the place where the suspect was working and immediately he sighted the boy, he took to his heels until he was pursued and arrested by the police.”
But in his confessional statement, the suspect said, “She (the late widow) wanted me to help her with cement to do a caravan.
“But when we did not agree on how to do it, she said I should leave her house. I actually left but missed my way and strayed back to the house.
“But by this time, they had locked the gate, so I jumped into the compound through the fence and entered their room.
“His son threatened to stab me, went into the room and came back with a knife. I rushed at him and pushed him.
“He hit his head on the wall and collapsed. The woman then came after me and held me, but in trying to push her away, she fell and hit her head on the ground and blood was coming from her head.
“I quickly took the boy to the room and put him on the bed and then left. I did not hit anybody with log and I did not sleep with the woman.”
The late woman hails from Orogun, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.