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“I cut her neck with a cutlass; pastor said she was a witch” - Woman says after killing mother
A 30-year-old woman who used a cutlass to cut her mother’s neck to death has blamed the act on her pastor who allegedly told her that the deceased was a witch.
“I cut her neck with a cutlass; pastor said she was a witch” - Woman says after killing mother
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The suspect was reportedly paraded before newsmen at the state police command on Monday, March 29 where she admitted to the bloody and heartless act but explained that a Pastor had told her that her mother was a witch and was behind all her predicaments in life.
According to Lindaikejisblog.com, Blessing and her murdered mother were on a farm in the Ile-Iluiji area of the state when she used a cutlass to hack her to death.
The suspect however claimed that she was mentally unstable at the time she carried out the crime.
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“It was something doing me that made 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 a 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,” Blessing Jimoh is quoted to have said to newsmen.
The state Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami said the suspect would soon be charged to court as soon as investigation into the matter is concluded.
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