Kidnapping horror in Edo:Woman, fellow kidnappers caught by CCTV to die

By Ozioruva Aliu 

WHEN Governor Monday Okpebholo was sworn-in on November 12, 2024, he was said to have confided in a close aide that there were two things he detested and would not allow them fester in Edo State: Thugerry and cultism.
Closely related to this was kidnapping and other violent crimes.

To show that he was prepared to check these challenges, Okpebholo approached the state House of Assembly to strengthen the anti-cultism and anti-kidnapping laws which now provide that any building linked to kidnapping and cultism would be demolished while convicted kidnappers would face the death penalty.

To make justice seamless and devoid of bureaucratic encumbrances, the gover...