Tag: evans
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Suspected kidnap kingpin, Evans, arraigned on fresh charges
Suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike. a. k.a Evans, faces second arraignment at an Igbosere High Court on Lagos Island amid watertight security. Last week, Mr. Onwuamadike reversed his guilty plea, saying he admitted guilt under pressure. Details later…
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Notorious kidnapper, Evans in court for second arraignment
Alleged notorious kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, is currently before the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere. He is to be arraigned this morning before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo on charges bordering on kidnapping, murder and illegal possession of firearms. The charges are separate from the ones pressed against him before the Ikeja division of the…
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BREAKING: Court awards N2m against police in case involving Evans’ brother-in-law
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday entered judgment against the Nigeria Police Force in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by one Mr. Okwuchukwu Obiechina said to be the brother-in-law of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Justice Mohammed Idris, in a judgment on Monday, declared Obiechina’s arrest and detention and constitutional,…
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‘No special treatment for Evans’ says Lagos prison controller
The Lagos State Prisons says suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Onuamadike, known as Evans, does not receive special treatment. “Evans” is being held at the Kirikiri Prisons with rumours saying he gets special treatment from Prisons officers. However, the Controller of Prisons in Lagos, Tunde Ladipo, has debunked the stories, describing Evans as an “ordinary inmate”…
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Evans changes plea to `not guilty’ as court adjourns case to Nov 3
Notorious kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, on Thursday, made a U-turn as he entered a plea of `not guilty’ as he was re-arraigned on a two-count amended charge of conspiracy and kidnapping at an Ikeja High Court. Evans had at his arraignment on Aug. 30 plead guilty to the charges, while other alleged accomplices —…
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‘Evans offered us N200m bribe when arrested,’ says police detective, Abba Kyari
The Head of the Police, the Intelligence Response Team, [IRT] Unit, ACP Abba Kyari, that captured billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka, Evans, yesterday disclosed how his squad was offered a bribe of N200m by the Evans when he was captured by his officers. Abba Kyari who personally led the operation to arrest the kidnapper made…
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Evans lawyer claims police extorted N50m, 25 trucks, other properties from his client
The lawyer representing notorious kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, has accused officers of the Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team of extorting money and valuables running into hundreds of millions of naira from his client. Olukoya Ogungbeje, who petitioned the Police Service Commission on Friday, also accused the officers of sexually molesting Evans’ girlfriend,…
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Produce Evans’ brother-in-law, Court orders Police
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the police to bring before it one Mr. Okwuchukwu Obiechina said to be the brother-in-law of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Justice Mohammed Idris, who made the order, said Obiechina must be brought before him on Thursday, October 12. The order was pursuant to a…
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How police aborted Evans escape plans
A report by The Nation has revealed details on notorious kidnapper, Evans escape plans from police custody before his recent arraignment in court. According to the report, police detectives, especially those in the Intelligence Unit, got wind of the plan and aborted his plot. As a result, the Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) has formed a…
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We’ll secure Evans’ conviction soon – IG
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has said the police is working tirelessly to secure conviction against suspected billionaire kingpin, Chukwudumebi Onwuamaegbu, popularly called Evans. The IG, who gave the assurance yesterday in his keynote address at a public security lecture in Uyo hailed the National Assembly for passing the anti-kidnapping bill into law…