Armed robber invades former Edo lawmaker’s residence, kills cook

Tragedy struck in the Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State when a guard killed Mary Atule; 38-year-old cook of a former lawmaker and minority chief whip of the Edo State House Assembly, Ezehi Igbas.

It was gathered that the yet-to-be-identified suspect slit the throat of the victim.

It was learnt that the suspect and his accomplice, identified as ‘Atiku,’ stormed Igbas’ country home in Uromi to rob him at about 8pm on March 31.

They were, however, said to have missed their target on arrival as Igbas was said to have been away on a political engagement but met Atule, who immediately recognised ‘Atiku.’

Sensing that their identities had been exposed, our correspondent learnt that the unidentified suspect hit her head with the cutlass before slitting her throat.

The two suspects were also said to have dumped her corpse in the wardrobe of one of the apartments in the lawmaker’s compound and fled before they were arrested by the police on Friday.

It was gathered that Atule, who was employed on March 4 as a cook, planned to return to her home after preparing her boss’ dinner before she was murdered.