Suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans
and five others were on Wednesday arraigned before an Ikeja High
Court in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Evans was arraigned
alongside Uche Amadi, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu,
Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba on two charges of conspiracy and
kidnapping.
Evans, Amadi and Nwachukwu pleaded guilty to the charges while
Uchechukwu, the only female defendant, Ifeanyi and Aduba pleaded
not guilty of the offences.
According to the prosecution led by Mr Adeniji Kazeem, the Lagos
State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Evans and his
accomplices committed the offence of conspiracy at 7.45pm on Feb.
14 on Obokun Street, Ilupeju, Lagos.
The prosecution said the defendants between Feb. 14 and April 12
on Obokun Street, Ilupeju, while armed with guns and other
dangerous weapons, captured and detained Mr Duru Donatius.
According to Kazeem, the defendants collected a ransom of
223,000 euros before Donatius could be released.
After the charges were read to them, Kazeem, requested for the
remand of the defendants.
“Following this arraignment, we will like to apply for the
defendants to be remanded in custody and obtain trial dates for the
ones that have pleaded not guilty.
“While for those that have pleaded guilty, we will like to lay
out our statement of facts following which Your Lordship will
adjourn for sentencing,” Kazeem said.
Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, counsel to Evans, Amadi, Uchechukwu,
Ifeanyi and Aduba told the court that he and his team had not got
the opportunity to “confer” with his clients.
“With respect to the application from the learned
Attorney-General, we shall not be opposing same.
“However, the defence team just had the opportunity of meeting
our clients this morning in court for the first time, we were just
served with documents in the open court this morning.
“All the defendants have since been in the custody of the Police
and we have not had the opportunity of conferring with them
regarding the offences which are capital in nature,” Ogungbeje
said.
The vacation judge, Justice Hakeem Oshodi, asked the
Attorney-General for his choice of prison for the defendants to be
remanded.
“Maximum Kirikiri Prisons, My Lord,”Kazeem replied.
Remanding Evans and his alleged accomplices, Oshodi said:“ The
first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth defendants shall be remanded
in the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons.
`While the third defendant shall be remanded in the female wing
of the Kirikiri Prison,”
“This case is adjourned to Oct. 19 for trial.”
NAN
Suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans
and five others were on Wednesday arraigned before an Ikeja High
Court in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Evans was arraigned
alongside Uche Amadi, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu,
Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba on two charges of conspiracy and
kidnapping.
Evans, Amadi and Nwachukwu pleaded guilty to the charges while
Uchechukwu, the only female defendant, Ifeanyi and Aduba pleaded
not guilty of the offences.
According to the prosecution led by Mr Adeniji Kazeem, the Lagos
State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Evans and his
accomplices committed the offence of conspiracy at 7.45pm on Feb.
14 on Obokun Street, Ilupeju, Lagos.
The prosecution said the defendants between Feb. 14 and April 12
on Obokun Street, Ilupeju, while armed with guns and other
dangerous weapons, captured and detained Mr Duru Donatius.
According to Kazeem, the defendants collected a ransom of
223,000 euros before Donatius could be released.
After the charges were read to them, Kazeem, requested for the
remand of the defendants.
“Following this arraignment, we will like to apply for the
defendants to be remanded in custody and obtain trial dates for the
ones that have pleaded not guilty.
“While for those that have pleaded guilty, we will like to lay
out our statement of facts following which Your Lordship will
adjourn for sentencing,” Kazeem said.
Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, counsel to Evans, Amadi, Uchechukwu,
Ifeanyi and Aduba told the court that he and his team had not got
the opportunity to “confer” with his clients.
“With respect to the application from the learned
Attorney-General, we shall not be opposing same.
“However, the defence team just had the opportunity of meeting
our clients this morning in court for the first time, we were just
served with documents in the open court this morning.
“All the defendants have since been in the custody of the Police
and we have not had the opportunity of conferring with them
regarding the offences which are capital in nature,” Ogungbeje
said.
The vacation judge, Justice Hakeem Oshodi, asked the
Attorney-General for his choice of prison for the defendants to be
remanded.
“Maximum Kirikiri Prisons, My Lord,”Kazeem replied.
Remanding Evans and his alleged accomplices, Oshodi said:“ The
first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth defendants shall be remanded
in the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons.
`While the third defendant shall be remanded in the female wing
of the Kirikiri Prison,”
“This case is adjourned to Oct. 19 for trial.”
NAN
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