BREAKING: EDO SPECIAL COURT SENTENCES FOUR TO DEATH OVER KIDNAPPING, OTHER CRIMINAL OFFENCES
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Justice Aigbona Momodu of the Edo State Special Criminal Court has sentenced four people to death for their involvement in the kidnapping of a woman at the Vegetable Market along Airport Road in Benin City.
The judgment was delivered on Tuesday, marking the court’s first judgment in a kidnapping case.
The convicts were tried on an 11-count charge bordering on kidnapping, conspiracy, armed robbery, cultism and unlawful possession of firearms.
The case followed the broad-daylight abduction of the woman on June 14, 2026.
The Edo State Special Criminal Court was established on July 1, 2026, to handle kidnapping- and cultism-related cases and accelerate the prosecution of violent crimes in the state.
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