Farmer Kills 65-year-old Woman Over Cocoa Pods

A cocoa farmer has killed a sixty-five-year-old grandmother in an Ondo State community over cocoa pods.
Corpse
Mary Ogundiran, a 65-year-old grandmother, has been murdered by a cocoa farmer (names withheld) for allegedly stealing cocoa pods from his farm in Ofosu, ldanre area of Ondo State.
According to Vanguard, detectives in the state have apprehended the suspect and detained him.
Vanguard reports that the suspect allegedly killed the deceased for plucking cocoa pods in his farm without his authorisation.
The suspect was among nine others, including kidnap, robbery and murder suspects paraded by the state’s Commissioner of Police, Gbenga Adeyanju, in Akure.
The suspect accused the deceased of regularly stealing pods from his farm even after several warnings.
He reportedly hit the deceased with a stick on her head after finding her again in his farm and it reportedly resulted in her death.
The suspect was later picked by detectives after a formal complaints was made by the relations of the victim, who absolved her of stealing as alleged by the suspect.
They reportedly accused the suspect of murdering the victim.

Source: Tori