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Evans said that similar charges were already pending before another Lagos court, and as such all the charges should be tried by one judge. The Lagos State Government had brought five fresh charges bordering on conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping and attempted murder against Evans and three others. The three others are Joseph Emeka, Ugochukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba.  At the resumed hearing of the case on Friday, Counsel to the Evans, Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje informed the court that he had filed a motion on notice to quash all the charge filed against his client. In the motion on notice, Ogungbeje said that ‎all the charges were “grossly defective, repetitive and an abuse of court processes. He stated that the prosecution had earlier filed similar charges and amended charges bordering on kidnapping against the same first defendant pending before the same High Court of Lagos State. ‎In her response to the motion, the State Director for Public Prosecutions (DPP), Ms Titilayo Shitta-Bey...

  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 ...

Unknown to many Nigerians, the kidnapping kingpin had allegedly tried to escape from his cell in Abuja after he was transferred from Lagos. A source told The Nation Newspapers of Evans’ plan to give between $50,000 and $100,000 to one of the guards manning his cell to facilitate his escape. The source said Evans was allegedly coordinating his escape bid with some members of his gang by telephone which he obtained through “suspicious” means. It was learnt that intelligence officers and IGP’s Special Tactical Squad detected his plot. The source said: “When Evans was in our custody, he tried to escape but we were able to abort all his plans. We discovered that he had access to phones which were hidden in the middle of loaves of bread, eba, semovita and so on." “He was making calls from these smuggled phones in the middle of the night, making arrangements with some yet to be identified members of his gang to arrange for his escape. We intercepted how he was luring one...