The convicted billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court, The PUNCH reports.
Evans, with his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, was sent to jail on Monday for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia at about 5:30 pm on June 23, 2014, at Kara Street, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos State.
Evans was arrested at his residence at No. 3, Fred Shogboyede Street, Magodo, Lagos on June 10, 2017.
Here is a timeline of Onwuamadike’s trial:
June 10, 2017
Evans, who also deals in drugs, was arrested on Saturday, June 10, 2017 in one of his two mansions on Magodo Estate, Lagos, after seven years of high-profile abductions across the country, during which he collected millions of dollars in ransoms, The PUNCH reports.
His arrest was made possible by useful statements made by his younger sister, police source said.
August 30, 2017
Evans and his accomplices, Uche Amadi, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi, Victor Aduba and one female, Ogechi Uchechukwu, were arraigned before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court on two counts bordering on kidnapping and conspiracy.
While the male defendants were remanded at the then Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison, the only female defendant, Uchechukwu, was remanded at the custody of the then Kirikiri Female Prison.
October 19, 2017
Evans and his co-defendants were re-arraigned following an amendment to the two charges, bordering on conspiracy and kidnapping, pressed against them by the state.
Although Evans and his co-defendants had earlier pleaded guilty to the charges when they were first arraigned on August 30, they changed their plea, denying the allegations upon their re-arraignment.
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