My pastor said my mother was a witch, so I killed her — Suspect

By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure

The Ondo State Police Command have arrested a 30-year-old woman, Blessing Jimoh for allegedly killing her mother, Ijeoma Odo.

Blessing who is a native of Enugu State said she killed her mother with cutlass after her Pastor told her that her mother was a witch.

Bolaji Salami, the state Commissioner of Police while parading the woman alongside other criminals on Monday at the police headquarters, Igbatoro road, Akure, however, said the suspect would soon be charged to court.

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.

The Pastor is said to be on the run.

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.”