Kidnapping kingpin, Evans, prays for bail

Notorious billionaire
kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known
as Evans,  has asked Justice Hakeem Oshodi of
the Ikeja Division of the Lagos State High Court to let him go home
on bail.

During the resumption of his
kidnapping trial on Friday, November 3, 2017, Evans filed an
application seeking to be released on bail and for his case to be
given an accelerated hearing by the court.

The lead prosecution
counsel, Ms. Titilayo Shitta-Bay, described
the bail application, seeking accelerated hearing filed alongside
an application seeking to quash the charges as an attempt to
frustrate the trial and asked the judge to dismiss it.

During the last court hearing on
October 19, Evans changed his initial plea of ‘guilty’ to ‘not
guilty’ to the two-count charges of conspiracy and kidnapping.

The suspect had initially entered a
‘guilty’ plea to the charges after he was arraigned, alongside five
other accomplices, before the court on Wednesday, August 30.

The suspect is being tried
alongside five accomplices: Uche Amadi, Ogechi
Izechuwku, Okechukwu Nwachukwu, Chilaka
Ifeanyi and Victor
Chukwumonso.

The defendants are accused of
capturing, detaining and collecting a ransom of £223,000
on Mr. Duru Donatius between Feb. 14 and
April 12, 2017.

Evans is also facing separate
charges that include conspiracy, kidnap and murder before
the Igbosere division of the Lagos High
Court and will plead to the charges before Justice
Oluwatoyin Taiwo on November
10.

The charges relate to the alleged
kidnap and murder of Sylvanius Ahanonu
Hafiia, and the conspiracy and attempted kidnap of the
chairman of The Young Shall Grow Motors, Vincent
Obianodo.

Evans was arrested by a combined
team of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Anti-Kidnap
Unit of the Lagos State Police Command at one of his Magodo Phase
II GRA, Lagos, home on Saturday, June 10, 2017.

His arrest was followed by
revelations of how he successfully carried out kidnappings and made
millions of dollars from his victims, eluding the police during his
decade-long reign of terror.

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Notorious billionaire
kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known
as Evans,  has asked Justice Hakeem Oshodi of
the Ikeja Division of the Lagos State High Court to let him go home
on bail.

During the resumption of his
kidnapping trial on Friday, November 3, 2017, Evans filed an
application seeking to be released on bail and for his case to be
given an accelerated hearing by the court.

The lead prosecution
counsel, Ms. Titilayo Shitta-Bay, described
the bail application, seeking accelerated hearing filed alongside
an application seeking to quash the charges as an attempt to
frustrate the trial and asked the judge to dismiss it.

During the last court hearing on
October 19, Evans changed his initial plea of ‘guilty’ to ‘not
guilty’ to the two-count charges of conspiracy and kidnapping.

The suspect had initially entered a
‘guilty’ plea to the charges after he was arraigned, alongside five
other accomplices, before the court on Wednesday, August 30.

The suspect is being tried
alongside five accomplices: Uche Amadi, Ogechi
Izechuwku, Okechukwu Nwachukwu, Chilaka
Ifeanyi and Victor
Chukwumonso.

The defendants are accused of
capturing, detaining and collecting a ransom of £223,000
on Mr. Duru Donatius between Feb. 14 and
April 12, 2017.

Evans is also facing separate
charges that include conspiracy, kidnap and murder before
the Igbosere division of the Lagos High
Court and will plead to the charges before Justice
Oluwatoyin Taiwo on November
10.

The charges relate to the alleged
kidnap and murder of Sylvanius Ahanonu
Hafiia, and the conspiracy and attempted kidnap of the
chairman of The Young Shall Grow Motors, Vincent
Obianodo.

Evans was arrested by a combined
team of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Anti-Kidnap
Unit of the Lagos State Police Command at one of his Magodo Phase
II GRA, Lagos, home on Saturday, June 10, 2017.

His arrest was followed by
revelations of how he successfully carried out kidnappings and made
millions of dollars from his victims, eluding the police during his
decade-long reign of terror.

More Details Later