Standup9ja: Kidnap kingpin Evans pleads guilty
Suspected billionaire kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike,
also known as Evans, has told a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja that he
accepted guilt as preferred against him by the Lagos State Government.
Evans was arraigned alongside his accomplices after 82 days
in police detention on a two-count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping.
Two other defendants: Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu
similarly pleaded guilty, but three other defendants: Ogechi Uchechukwu, the
only female arrested, as well as Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Chukwunonso Aduba
pleaded not guilty.
The presiding judge, Justice Hakeem Oshodi ordered that all
the male defendants be remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Prison and the female
defendant in the Kirikiri Female Prison.
The prosecution team led by Lagos State Attorney General and
Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem prayed the court for adjournment
till October 19, 2017.
The suspected kidnapper was alleged to have raked in
millions of dollars as ransom paid to him by his victims’ families before his
arrest on June 10, 2017.
Evans had through his counsel Olukoya Ogungbeje filed for
abuse of his fundamental human rights before a Lagos Division of the Federal
High Court. He had argued that his continued detention since June 10 without
charge amounted to an infringement on his fundamental human rights.
He had argued that the respondents ought to have charged him
to court in line with Sections 35 and 36 of the Constitution.
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