EVANS: Finally, court convicts billionaire kidnapper, 2 others, hands down judgement

An Ikeja High Court has found kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans), guilty of kidnap of Mr Donatius Dunu, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

In a three-hour judgment on Friday, Justice Hakeem Oshodi also convicted two of Evans’s co-defendants, Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu.

Oshodi found the three persons guilty of conspiracy and kidnapping.

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

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

The case was stood down for an hour before sentencing of the convicts.

On reconvening, the court finally, after about five years, sentenced Evans, Amadi, Nwachukwu to life imprisonment.

Evans and others were busted at Magodo, Lagos by the IGP Inteligence Response Unit DCP Abba Kyari commanded in 2017.

The last criminal operation that got Evan into police net was that of the pharmacist.