JUST IN: Evans, accomplice jailed 21 years for kidnapping, collecting $420,000 ransom

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced the convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans and his accomplice, Victor Aduba to 21 years imprisonment to life imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman Slyvanus Ahamonou and collecting N$420,000 as ransom from his family.

Supreme reports that Evans on Feb. 4 denied kidnapping Ahamonu and collecting a 420,000 dollars ransom from his family.

While Sylvanus and his wife, Chimebere Ahamonu had on Dec. 17, 2021 testified virtually about how Evans and his gang kidnapped him on June 23, 2014 on Kara Road off Osolo Way, Ajao Estate, Lagos.

The couple narrated how they sold properties, borrowed money, raised funds from family and well wishers to attempt to raise the initial two million dollars ransom that was demanded by Evans.

Sylvanus whose hands and legs were chained throughout his two-months in cavity was only released when the family had allegedly given Evans 420,000 dollars ransom and he was at the point of death.