Lagos High Court Sentence Evans, the notorious kidnapper to death

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A Lagos High Court has sentenced notorious kidnap kingpin, Chikwudubem Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, to death. Evans who was arrested in June 2017 has been facing a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping. 

The Lagos State Government had said Evans conspired on February 14th, 2017 at about 7.45pm at Ilupeju, Lagos, to kidnap one Donatus Dunu and collect €223,000 for his release. He was arrested after a police special squad caught up with him at his No. 3, Fred Shoboyede Street, Magodo, Lagos home. The kidnap kingpin confessed to being responsible for many high-profile kidnap cases in many states of the country, especially Lagos State. He also confessed to earning money running into billions of naira from his unlawful activities, having charged some of his victims up to $1 million each as ransom.

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  1. UnknownAugust 22, 2020 at 6:20 AM

    This is great, it will serve his fellow kidnappers and those who are still proposing to make kidnapping a source of living a great lesson.

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