The trial of the Billionaire
kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, continued on Wednesday
before the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja.
The prosecution played a video
which captured Evans confessing to kidnapping and armed robbery.
The State Director of Public
Prosecution, Ms Titilayo Shitta-Bey, who led the prosecution, demanded that the
video clip be played.
In the video the kidnap kingpin
was fielding questions from a police investigative officer, Inspector Idowu
Haruna.
The video was played in the
course of Haruna’s testimony in the case on Wednesday.
Prayer by the prosecutor that two
compact discs containing the clips be admitted as exhibits in evidence against
Evans and his co-defendants was, however, opposed by Evans’ lawyer, Mr. Olukoya
Ogungbeje, who said he needed time to scrutinise the CDs.
“My Lord, we will be requesting
for time to call our technical experts to examine the CDs played in court today
as well as the certificate of identification served on us in open court,”
Ogungbeje said.
In his testimony, Haruna, who was
led in evidence by Shitta-Bey narrated, “I’m a member of the Inspector-General
of Police, Intelligence Response Team. I know the defendants from when they were
arrested for the kidnapping of one person on February 14, 2017.
“That victim was taken to their
hideout in Igando, Lagos and kept there for a month till he escaped from the
hideout.
“Through covert operations, we
arrested Evans and during interrogations he mentioned Victor Aduba.
“The first defendant (Evans) gave
us information about the people he had kidnapped in Lagos and in other states.
“He confessed that on June 28,
2014, at Saka Street, Amuwo-Odofin in Lagos, he was armed with an Ak47 gun and
he kidnapped Mr. Sylvanus Ahamonu, and took him to their hideout in a danfo
bus.
“After holding the victim for
nine weeks, they contacted his family demanding $2m with the family agreeing to
pay $420,000.
“The family paid the $420,000 in
installments.
“After Sylvanus regained his
freedom, he gave a statement to the police; his wife Mrs. Chinyemere Ahamonu,
who negotiated his release, and his brother, Dominic Ahamonu, who dropped off
the ransom, all volunteered statements.
“The first defendant (Evans) was
cautioned in English language and his statement recorded by our video recorder
which took records of the interview.
“He was taken to DSP Phillip, a
superior officer, and his statement was recorded.”
Further proceedings in the case
were adjourned till April 23 and 27, 2018.
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