An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City and dedicated to the trial of kidnapping, cultism and other violent crimes on Tuesday sentenced four persons to death by hanging or lethal injection.
The condemned persons, three males and a female, were
involved in the kidnapping of a woman at the Vegetable Market along Airport Road, Benin City, on June 14, 2026.The judgment, which lasted over three hours, was delivered by Justice T. A. Momodu on the 11-count charge preferred against the convicts.
The four condemned persons are Marvelous Isaac, 32; Wisdom Michael, 36; Rufus Michael, 30; and Gift Raphael, 27.
Details later.
