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Court sentences four to death over kidnapping in Edo

Vanguard Nigeria · sub saharan africa

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY — An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has sentenced three men and a woman to death by hanging for kidnapping and membership of a secret cult. The judgment, delivered by Justice T. A. Momodu on Tuesday after more than three hours, followed an 11-count charge against the […] The post Court sentences four to death over kidnapping in Edo appeared first on Vanguard News.

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