BREAKING: Court Passes Judgement On Billionaire Kidnapper, Evans

BREAKING: Court Passes Judgement On Billionaire Kidnapper, Evans.

By Onome Naomi

A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans for conspiracy and kidnapping.

Evans and five others; Uche Amadi, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba have been facing charges of conspiracy and kidnapping before Justice Hakeem Oshodi.

One of the allegations against them was that they kidnapped the Managing Director of Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Mr Donatus Dunu, on February 14, 2017 and collecting 223,000 Euros as ransom from his family.

Delivering the Judgement, Justice Hakeem sentenced Evans, and two of his accomplices – Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu to life imprisonment.

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

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Onome Naomi Onojaefe is a Nigerian journalist, news content creator and publisher associated with crime reporting, investigative journalism and general news reporting. She is the publisher of Naomi Sophy Blog and Primetime Reports, a Nigerian online news platform, where she reports on crime, security, politics, business, community affairs and other current issues. She has also published articles on Naomi Sophy Blog and Primetime Reports and contributes news reports and features to Nairaland. Publicly available records show her byline on reports covering crime, police investigations, court proceedings, community affairs, business and environmental issues. Areas of interest includes: Investigative journalism, Crime and security reporting, Human-rights reporting, Nigerian politics and public affairs, Community development, Digital journalism, News content creation, Media and journalism ethics, Advertising, Event Coverage, Features, And more...

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