I’m not a kidnapper, I’m a legitimate businessman – Suspected Kidnapper Evans tells court
Suspected kidnapper, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans has said in court he is not a kidnapper, but a businessman who deals in ornaments and Horlicks.
Notorious kidnapper, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans has said in court he is not a kidnapper, but a businessman who deals in ornaments and Horlicks.
The suspects disputed all kidnapping allegations levelled against him by the Lagos State Government on Tuesday, led in evidence by his defence counsel, Victor Okpara, saying he was a legitimate businessman.
He also revealed that he was forced to confess to being a kidnapper after police killed four people in his presence criminally in an attempt to force him to confess and also his nickname was not Evans
In his words;
“I live at Fred Shoboyede Street, Magodo Phase II, Lagos. I am a businessman and I deal in ornaments and Horlicks. My lord, my name is not Evans and I don’t have a nickname,
Furthermore, he said he had never met his five co-defendants before being captured by the authorities, except on the day they were paraded as members of a kidnapping gang by the police at Area F Police Command in Ikeja, Lagos. The case was postponed until November 5 so that the final written addresses could be adopted.
