"I saved the woman's children today. It happened in front of me. We were both buying something in the same place, at the vegetable market"
June 15, 2026
By Ozioruva Aliu, BENIN CITY
There was pandemonium on Sunday evening at the popular vegetable market off Airport Road in Benin City the Edo State capital, when a woman was kidnapped after her husband fought off the kidnapers and escaped.
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The incident happened near the residence of former Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Tom Ikimi.
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