Evans sentenced to life imprisonment
Kidnapper Chukwudimeme ‘Evans’ Onwuamadike has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Earlier on Friday, the Lagos State High Court pronounced a guilty verdict on Evans and two others over the protracted abduction trial.
Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Ikeja Division said Evans was guilty of kidnapping Donatus Dunu on February 14, 2017, and collecting €223,000 as ransom from his family.
The conviction marked the end of an extensive trial that began when Evans was arrested by the police in an operation began by the current head of the police Intelligence Response Team, Tunji Disu.
Now-disgraced police officer Abba Kyari would later take over the case at the tail end of the investigation.
Details soon….
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