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.
