The police in Benue State have arrested the suspected killers of a former President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Makurdi, Benue State, Late Justice Margaret Igbetar.
Those arrested included a principal suspect and nephew to the late Justice, Mr Audu Joseph, who orchestrated the murder.
The decomposing body of the late Justice was discovered on August 24 by her son at her residence on 1, Wantor Kwange Street, opposite the School of Medicine, Benue State University, Gboko Road.
Briefing journalists on the development in Makurdi, the State Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka, said Joseph confessed that he orchestrated the murder of his aunt following her refusal to hand over land title documents belonging to his late father to him.
According to the Police Chief, Joseph enlisted the services of one Dzungwenen Ukor, who worked in cahoots with the driver and gateman of the Late Justice to gain access to her and stabbed her multiple times in the chest.
While speaking to journalists, the principal suspect said he now regrets his action, which he said was carried out to remove the documents from her aunt’s home in Makurdi.