Morning of today Wednesday 30th August, Billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, AKA Evans, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and kidnapping brought to him.
He was arraigned alongside five others, Uche Amadi, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi, and Victor Aduba on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping before the Ikeja High Court in Lagos this morning.
According to the government, the suspects had conspired on February 14th at about 7.45pm at Ilupeju, Lagos, to kidnap one Donatus Dunu and collect €223,000 for his release.
After he pleaded guilty when the first charge was read, there was a slight pause, and then the judge ordered the court registrar to repeat the question.
Evans repeated the same answer.
He also pleaded guilty to the second charge of kidnapping.
Mr. Amadi, the second defendant, also pleaded guilty to the two counts.
Mr. Nwachukwu pleaded guilty to conspiracy and not guilty to kidnapping.
Ms. Uchechukwu, the only female in the group, and Messrs. Ifeanyi and Aduba, pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
The judge ordered that all the male defendants be remanded at Kirikiri Maximum Prison while the female defendant, who pleaded not guilty to all the charges, be kept at the Kirikiri Female Prison.
The case was adjourned till October 19th.
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