Lagos Amends Charge Against Billionaire Kidnapper Evans, Seeks Life Imprisonment For Kidnapper Gang Members

The Lagos State Government has amended the charge it initially filed against the suspected billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans and five other members of his gang.

The six accused persons were on August 30 arraigned before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court on a 2-count charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping contrary to Sections 411 and 271(3) Criminal Law Cap C17 Laws of Lagos State 2015.

However, in the amended charge, the suspects are now being charged under Section 2 (1) of Kidnapping Prohibition Law No 13, Laws of Lagos State, 2017, which prescribes life imprisonment for kidnapping offence.

Others charged alongside Evans are: Uche Amadi (2nd defendant); Ogechi Uchechukwu (3rd defendant); Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu (4th defendant); Chilaka Ifeanyi (5th defendant) and Victor Chukwunonso Aduba (6th defendant).

The Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, in the state, Titilayo Shitta-Bey told the Justice Justice Hakeem Oshodi-led court that the amendment relates only to the punishment section for the second charge.