Okpebholo writes Edo Chief Judge over special court for cultists, kidnappers

The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has written to the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, urging him to represent a peculiar tribunal for the intent of trying offences relating to cultism and kidnapping successful the state.

DAILY POST reports that the politician besides requested the Chief Judge to nominate 3 oregon immoderate fig of judges helium deems acceptable to service successful the court.

The governor’s petition was contained successful a missive dated June 19, 2026, signed by Umar Musa Ikhilor, the Secretary to the State Government, and addressed to the Chief Judge of the state.

The letter, with notation fig SGA.710/T/40, was received by the bureau of the Chief Judge connected the aforesaid date, June 19, 2026, astatine astir 3:16 p.m.

The missive is titled: “Request for the Constitution of a Special Court for Offences Relating to Cultism and Kidnapping.”

The SSG said the petition was necessitated by the governor’s unwavering committedness to tackling and eradicating the menace of cultism and kidnapping successful the state, arsenic good arsenic strengthening the medication of transgression justice.

According to him, “I constitute astatine the lawsuit of the Executi...