In this video, Ekhator-Obogie Godfrey describes the circumstances that could warrant human execution before 1897. He stated that this was within the exclusive prerogative of the Ọba of Benin. He speaks about the misconception that the execution of criminals by the Ọba of Benin, as the final arbiter in matters of life and death, was human sacrifice. He cited the example of Avan, a retainer of Ọba Ewuare I, who became the first chief Osuma of the Benin Kingdom.