Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos high court in Ikeja finds Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans) as well as his accomplices – Uche Amadi, and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, guilty of two counts of criminal conspiracy and kidnapping.
The court also discharged Three other co-defendants, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba.
They have been on trial since August 2017 before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court at Ikeja.
The defendants are accused of kidnapping Donatus Dunu, who is the Managing Director of Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. on Feb. 14, 2017, and collecting 223,000 Euros as ransom from his family.
The defendants who were earlier charged under Sections 411 and 271(3) Criminal Law Cap C17 Laws of Lagos State 2015 are now being charged under Section 2(1) of the Kidnapping Prohibition Law, No 13, Laws of Lagos State 2017.
If found guilty, they risk a maximum life sentence under the extant laws.
Contrary to false viral online reports, this is the first judgment to be fixed in any of the five kidnapping cases currently involving Evans in the high courts of Lagos State.
Evans and several alleged accomplices are also facing two charges before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court and another two charges before Justice Adedayo Akintoye of the High Court in Igbosere.
This date for judgment was fixed by Justice Oshodi for Friday after the court heard oral final submissions by prosecution and defence counsel in December 2021.
Evans’s counsel, Victor Opara (SAN), while making his oral submission, had asked the court to discharge and acquit Him of the two-count charge before it, saying there was no direct evidence linking Evans to the alleged crimes.
But, prosecution counsel, Adebayo Haroun, urged the court to convict the defendants as charged, saying there was circumstantial evidence linking them as well as confessional statements and video recordings of the accused.
Related posts:
BREAKING: Court finds Olisa Metuh guilty of possessing N400m proceeds of money laundering
Court finds Orji Kalu guilty of N7.65bn fraud
Pension fraud: Court finds Maina guilty of inducing staff of 2nd generation bank to open accounts for him
Court Finds Okupe Guilty of Receiving Cash from Dasuki
New York Court Finds Trump Guilty Of Committing Fraud
Benue lawmaker remanded in prison over criminal conspiracy
Notorious Kidnapper, Evans pleads guilty in Court
CCT finds Walter Onnoghen guilty
