Evans, Co-defendant Bags 21 Years Imprisonment for Kidnapping

The Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans and his co-defendant Victor Aduba to 21 years imprisonment.

The duo was sentenced by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo on Monday for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia.

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The suspects were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm on June 23, 2014, at Kara Street, Amuwo Odofin in Lagos and were alleged to have captured and detained Hafia and demanded a ransom of $2m.

But they pleaded not guilty to the four charges.

The judge held that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to other aspiring kidnappers.