Kidnap Kingpin Asks Court To Grant Him Bail.

 Suspected Billionaire kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, better known as Evans, 

has asked a Lagos state high court to grant him bail. Evans is being tried on several 

counts of criminal charges bothering on alleged conspiracy, murder and kidnapping.

At the resumed sitting of his trial on Friday, he also asked the court to give his 

case an accelerated hearing. His bail application was, however, opposed by the 

persecuting counsel who described it as an abuse of court process and an attempt 

to frustrate the trial.

Titilayo Shitta-Bay, Lagos state director of public prosecutions, said the application

 of the accused, as well as the prayer to quash the charges brought against him was

 conflicting and confusing.

Since his arrest, he has reportedly confessed to kidnapping numerous persons from 

whom he collects as much as “millions of dollars” in ransom. The police alleged 

that he committed murder during some of the kidnaps but his lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, 

has maintained Evans is innocent.

From the Cable