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Nigeria: Court Sentences Four Kidnappers to Death in Benin

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM • ⏱ 1 min read News • Editorial Desk

Justice Aigbona Momodu of the Edo Special Court on Tuesday sentenced 4 kidnappers including a female to death by hanging for their involvement in kidnapping and other criminal offences at Vegetable Market in Benin, the State capital

They were found guilty of eleven count charge including conspiracy, Kidnapping and armed robbery.

Justice Aigbona ruled that the convicts will either die by hanging or by administration of lethal injection on the neck while wishing God to have mercy on them .(Africa Prime News)

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