Evans pleads guilty to two charges of conspiracy and kidnapping in Lagos high court

NOTORIOUS kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans has pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy and kidnapping at an Ikeja High Court following his arraignment.

Evans, 36, was arrested in June by the police in his palatial mansion in the Magodo area of Lagos, bringing to an end years of pursuit. Evans, who dropped out of school in Junior Secondary School Two and confessed to have once collected a $1m ransom fee, was Nigeria's most notorious kidnapper, who masterminded the abduction of public officials, expatriates and rich businessmen and women.

Yesterday, he was arraigned alongside five others Uche Amadi, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Okwuchukwu Nwachuckwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Chukwunonso Aduba. They were docked on a two count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping by Lagos State  and Evans, the second and fourth defendants pleaded guilty, while  the third, fifth and sixth defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges.

In the charge, the Lagos State prosecution team led by the attorney-general and commissioner for Justice Adeniji Kazeem, stated that the defendants committed the alleged offence between February 14 and April 12, 2017. They also stated that on April 12, Evans alongside the other five defendants while armed with guns and other weapons captured, detained and collected a ransom of 223,000 Euros from one Duru Donatus for his release. 

Evans replied to the charge: “My Lord am guilty.”

After the arraignment the attorney general, asked Justice Hakeem Oshodi to remand the defendants in prison custody.  This was done and the judge adjourned the case to October 19, for trial.