Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that Suspected killers of the retired President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Makurdi, Benue State, Justice Margaret Igbetar, have confessed to having killed her for taking their family’s landed property.
Some gunmen had on August 24, 2023, invaded the retired judge’s residence located at Wantor Kwange Street, opposite School of Medicine, Benue State University, Makurdi and killed her. Her decomposed remains were discovered by her relatives a few days later.
Parading four of the suspected killers on Tuesday, the Commissioner of Police, Batholomew Onyeka, said that the deceased’s nephew identified as Aondohemba Joseph led a gang to the residence of the retired judge where she was killed.
Other suspects arrested and paraded were; the driver of the late judge, security man and other relatives.
The CP said, “The suspect (nephew) who eventually confessed to have planned and recruited other people to help him in killing his aunty led a team of detectives to Adikpo, Kwande Local Government Area where the following suspects were arrested; Igbazenda Gbidye, 63, and Dzungwenen Ukor, 40.