A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Friday told alleged an kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, that there was nothing before the court to prove that he was tortured by the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team and the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
Onwuamadike, popularly known Evans, is standing trial alongside Uche Amadi, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba for two counts counts of conspiracy and kidnap of the Chief Executive Officer of Maydon Pharmaceutical Limited, Donatus Dunu, from whose family they allegedly collected €223,000 as ransom.
Ruling on whether Evans’ statement was admissible as evidence on Friday, Justice Hakeem Oshodi noted that the 1999 Constitution made no requirement that statements to the police must be in a specific form.
He added that Evans’ videotaped confession played in the courtroom on October 26, 2018 showed no proof that he (Evans) was tortured to provide details of his alleged misdeeds.
The judge said, “In the video that was played in the open court, the first defendant was cautioned and he signed a word of caution, when he was asked his profession he said he was a businessman, he said so with a smile.
“In the video the first defendant asked the investigating police officer to write his statement on his behalf, the first defendant sat on a sofa and after the recording of the statement, the first defendant signed.
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