Edo Court Sentences Four to Death Over Vegetable Market Kidnapping
Four Sentenced to Death Over Benin City Vegetable Market Kidnapping Benin City, Edo State — September 29, 2026 Edo state court The Edo State Special Criminal Court sitting in Benin City has sentenced four defendants to death following their conviction over the kidnapping of a woman at the Vegetable Market along Airport Road. The judgment was delivered on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, in what was the court's first judgment in a kidnapping case since the specialised court was established. The defendants are Marvellous Isaac, Wisdom Michael, Rufus Emete Michael and Gift Raphael. They had faced charges relating to kidnapping, conspiracy, armed robbery, cultism and unlawful possession of firearms. Vegetable Market Kidnapping The case arose from the abduction of a woman at the Vegetable Market along Airport Road in Benin City on June 14, 2026. The incident happened in broad daylight and prompted a police investigation that eventually led to the arrest of the four defendants. The vi...