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Kidnap kingpin Evans, two others jailed for life

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Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans will spend the rest of his life behind bars, following a ruling by an Ikeja High court earlier today, over the kidnap of Mr Donatius Dunu, the Chief Executive Officer of Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Justice Hakeem Oshodi also sentenced Evans’s two co-defendants; Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, to life imprisonment for the same offences.

The judge, however, discharged and acquitted the other co-defendants, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi, an ex-soldier; and Victor Aduba, also an ex-soldier.

The judge held that there was no evidence linking them to the crimes.

Sentencing the convicts, Oshodi said that they did not show any remorse for their crimes and had tried to “lie their way out of the charges” during the trial.

Oshodi noted that the Kidnapping Prohibition Law of Lagos State prescribed a mandatory life sentence for any individual found guilty of kidnapping.

“A lesson must be taught. In this respect, the law is the law that must be upheld. The first, second and fourth defendants- Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans, Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, are each hereby sentenced to life imprisonment.

“This is the sentence of the court,” he said.

NAN reports that this is the first judgment delivered in the five kidnapping trials Evans is facing at the various High Courts of  Lagos State. The defendants were arraigned before Oshodi on Aug. 31, 2017, on a two-count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping.

According to the prosecution,  Dunu was kidnapped on Feb. 14, 2016, on Obokun Street, Ilupeju Road, Lagos. He was shackled and blindfolded during his 88-day ordeal, and the convicts collected 223,000 euros as ransom from his family for his release.

The prosecution closed its on Jan. 10, 2020, after presenting four witnesses including Dunu. The defence closed its case on Aug. 3, 2021, after the six defendants and Evans’s sister, Mrs Ndubuisi Obiechina, testified.

The offences are in violation of Section 2(1) of the Kidnapping Prohibition Law, No. 13, Laws of Lagos State, 2017. (NAN)

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