BREAKING: Court Gives Verdict On Kidnap Kingpin Evans
AFNews Reporter
Sep 19, 2022
Popular notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadi, popularly known as Evans and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba have been sentence to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia.
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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court give the judgment on Monday.
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They were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm on June 23, 2014, at Kara Street, Amuwo Odofin in Lagos and were alleged to have captured and detained Hafia and demanded a ransom of $2m.
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But they pleaded not guilty to the four-count charge.
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The judge held that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to other aspiring kidnappers.
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