{
  "id": 10696063,
  "title": "Court sentences four to death over kidnapping in Edo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/court-sentences-four-to-death-over-kidnapping-in-edo",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T13:26:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/court-sentences-four-to-death-over-kidnapping-in-edo/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Edo State Special Criminal Court has sentenced four individuals to death for their roles in the kidnapping of a woman at the Vegetable Market in Benin City. The court, established to handle kidnapping and cultism-related cases, handed down the judgment based on 11 counts of kidnapping, conspiracy, armed robbery, cultism, and unlawful possession of firearms. The four sentenced persons are Marvelous Isaac, Wisdom Michael, Rufus Michael, and Gift Raphael. The victim, a woman and her family, witnessed the kidnapping, and the incident was later confirmed by the State Police Public Relations Officer. The recovered firearms were ordered to be handed over to the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Edo State Police Command.",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "BREAKING: Edo court sentences four to death for kidnapping, cultism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/breaking-edo-court-sentences-four-to-death-for-kidnapping-cultism",
        "published": "2026-09-29T12:23:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Four kidnappers sentenced to death in Edo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/four-kidnappers-sentenced-to-death-in-edo",
        "published": "2026-09-29T12:40:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Court sentences four to death over kidnapping in Edo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/court-sentences-four-to-death-over-kidnapping-in-edo-10698592",
        "published": "2026-09-29T13:40:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}