Edo court sentences four to death over kidnapping case caught on CCTV

Summary

A court in Edo State has sentenced four people, including a woman, to death over a kidnapping case linked to CCTV footage and other related offences.

Highlights

• The judgment covered the vegetable market kidnapping in Benin City that was captured on CCTV and circulated online.
• The four convicts were identified in the source as Marvelous Isaac, Wisdom Michael, Rufus Emete Michael and Gift Rachael.
• The court also found them guilty of involvement in other kidnapping cases in the state and membership of a secret cult.
• Justice A. T. Momodu delivered the ruling on September 29, 2026, after what the report says was a trial involving seven witnesses and seven exhibits.
• The report says the state had strengthened anti-kidnapping and anti-cultism laws and set up a dedicated court for such cases.