Augusta Osedion’s mother, Cordellia Okonye, has revealed how her daughter’s killer was apprehended.
Benjamin Best Nnanyereugo, also known as Killaboi, was apprehended early this morning, Oct. 21, in Sierra Leone.
Cordellia Okonye came to Instagram after his detention to provide details about his arrest.
She explained that after killing Augusta, Killaboi left her to fester before stealing her phone and fleeing.
She revealed that he murdered Augusta on July 13th and got a Sierra Leone passport by July 28th, two weeks later.
Killaboi, she claims, began reaching out to her after the murder to express regret while also disclosing that he was willing to turn himself in to the authorities.
She claimed he reached out again, claiming he killed Augusta in self-defense, and she pushed him to turn himself in to the police so that everything could be decided.
Later, she claimed he blocked her, and she proceeded to inform the world that she had been pimping out her daughter to guys (read more here).
She revealed how Killaboi was apprehended by saying that her family undertook the effort of pursuing him.
She forwarded his passport photo to everyone she knows throughout the world, telling them he had a tattoo and that is how they can recognise him.
Then, her cousin in Sierra Leon reached out to say they saw someone exactly like him in the country.
Immediately, her son and another cousin went to Sierra Leon. While they were there, the Nigerian police declared Killaboi wanted, so he went into hiding, making it harder to locate him in Sierra Leon.
Her cousin then met with the Commissioner of Police in Sierra Leon and showed them Augusta’s corpse and Killaboi’s photo, so they began working to nab Killaboi.
Their investigation led them to a hotel where they got information that Killaboi had lodged. They met a white manager there and the man explained that Killaboi had indeed lodged that but had left the hotel. He then printed out the passport the suspect provided before they gave him a room.
It was a Sierra Leon passport with a new name, Kanu Princeton Samuel, but it was Killaboi’s face.
With the passport and a local number, the Sierra Leon police began to work, and Killaboi was nabbed by 2am on Oct. 21.
The bereaved mother said Killaboi had bragged that he could never be in handcuffs but he was finally placed in handcuffs today.
“One per cent of the pain is gone this morning that Benjamin is caught,” Cordellia said in tears.
