Remember Evans, the Intelligent Kidnap Kingpin: He is unable to afford his legal fees

Chukwudi Dumee Onuamadike, famously known as Evans, is a Nigerian affirmed criminal. Evans is a local of Nnewi, Anambra State. He is some of the time alluded to as "The Billionaire Kidnapper" in light of the fact that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) accept he is perhaps the most extravagant criminal in the kidnapping business in Nigeria. In some of his operation he made as much as 1 million dollars.

 

The Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force likewise described Evans as the most intelligent kidnapper. Adding he escaped arrest for four years even though he was on a most wanted list in three states which includes; Lagos State, Edo State, and Anambra State.

However, Evans was captured in Lagos on 10–11 June 2017.

It can be recalled that Evans have been experiencing preliminary on 52 charges of numerous homicides, outfitted thefts, kidnappings, unlawful ownership of guns, unlawful ownership of ammo, trick, among different charges.

In particular, he is being charged for kidnapping Uche Okereafor in Festac area of Lagos State on 21 November 2017, which he demanded $2million ransom. As indicated by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ms. Titilayo Shitta-Bey, Onuamadike negated segments 409 and 269 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2011.

Update on Evans charges: Evans kidnap kingpin, is unable to afford legal fees.

Justice Hakeem Oshodi of Ikeja High Court on Friday requested the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender (OPD) to assume control over the guard for claimed kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, known as Evans because of his failure to bear the cost of his legitimate charges.

During Friday's proceedings, the Lagos State Attorney-General (A-G), Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) educated the court that his group called the law offices of Ladi Williams (SAN) and Co, who spoke for Evans' on the last court date to enquire about the whereabouts of Evans' counsel.

The A-G noticed that his group were educated by the law chambers that Evans has not culminated their brief.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Evans who was summoned with five others on Aug. 30, 2017 on two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping has changed legal counselors at any rate multiple times over the span of his preliminary. Some of the legal counselors who have represented Evans incorporate; Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, Mr Noel Brown and Mr Olanrewaju Ajanaku.

Responding to the nonattendance of his barrier counsel, Justice Oshodi noticed that Evans had built up a propensity for connecting with the administrations of attorneys who as indicated by the appointed authority, “disappeared halfway through trial” and this has caused delays for the in his case.

"There are five different litigants with various advice, the enthusiasm of the main respondent (Evans) isn't better than those of different litigants. "The court won't penetrate Section 36(6) of the 1999 Constitution by proceeding with the present business of the court which is the knowing about the no-case entries," he said.

Equity Oshodi from that point requested an OPD counsel who was in court, Ms E.E. Okonkwo, to takeover Evans' protection. Following the appointed authorities administering, Evans co-respondents - Ogechi Uchechukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba recorded no-case entries requesting that the court excuse the charges against them. The subsequent litigant, Uche Amadi, be that as it may, didn't record a no-case accommodation.

The defence counsel, Roger Adewole, Olanrewaju Ajanaku, M.C Izokwu and Emmanuel Ochai told the court that no by all appearances (right until demonstrated something else) body of evidence has been made against the litigants by the state.

The legal advisors asked the court to excuse the argument against the respondents. Reacting, the A-G requested that the court excuse the no-case entries of the four co-litigants. "The litigants are requesting that the court accomplish something that is impossible.

They are requesting that the court break down proof and go past the window that no-case entries requires. "That the court should simply to show that there is at first sight proof. There is under the steady gaze of the court, legitimately admitable by all appearances proof enough for the litigants to enter their protection. "I encourage the court to excuse all the applications and that the litigants continue to go into their defense," Onigbanjo said.

Equity Oshodi deferred the case until Aug. 14 for administering and conceivable continuation of preliminary.

NAN reports that the litigants are being investigated over the affirmed abduct of Mr Donatius Dunu, the Chief Executive Officer of Maydon Pharmaceutical Ltd. As per the arraignment, the litigants purportedly seized Dunu along Ilupeju Road, Lagos on Feb. 14, 2017 and gathered 223,000 Euros (N100m) as payoff from his family. The pharmaceutical chief, purportedly still held hostage by the respondents since his family had not paid extra cash to the payoff previously gathered, got away from bondage and alarmed the police. Four observers including Dunu have affirmed during the preliminary for the benefit of the indictment and on Jan. 10, the indictment shut its body of evidence against the respondents.