Edo court sentences four to death for kidnapping, cult membership
The Edo State Special Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced three men and a woman to death by hanging for kidnapping and membership of a secret cult.
Following a request by Governor Monday Okpebholo, the Chief Judge of Edo, Daniel Okungbowa, inaugurated the special court a few days after the incident.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the decision to establish two special courts to handle such offences followed a daylight kidnapping and robbery at the popular Vegetable Market, off Airport Road, Benin, on 14 June.
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