A 14-year-old girl, identified as Anna Amos, has been arrested by the Nigeria police for murdering a 71-year-old woman, Helen Adodo, in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the Edo state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the arrest said, “It was revealed today that a girl who was staying with her, Anna Amos, was the one that killed the woman. The Anna Amos has confessed that she killed the woman. Anna Amos is 14 years old and by law, she is still a minor. But we will do all we can to get to the root of this matter. We will not rely on the confession of that girl because it may not be the girl that is responsible for the killing of that woman. Perhaps somebody else did (killed her) and asked this little girl to own up as the culprit. Investigation is ongoing.”
Confessing to her crime Anna Amos on the other hand said, “When I took some plates outside, I took a broom and swept the ground. I stood on the stone and looked up and down. After I did that, something entered my body. I stood on a stone again and looked up and down. I took the stone to the veranda and sat on it. Later, I entered the room and did not know when I hit her head with the stone. I did not know what came over me. It was a spirit. It told me to kill her. She did not offend me.”
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