LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Amobi Nzelu, the new lawyer representing convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, yesterday said he had applied to have him produced in court for a £223,000 ransom case. Nzelu said he wrote a letter to the Igbosere High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) asking that the judge,…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Notorious kidnapper and gunrunner, Hamisu Wadume, is said to be among the escapees of Tuesday night attack on Kuje prison by terrorists. Wadume, who was remanded in custody at Kuje prison, for armed robbery, kidnaping and gun running after his arrest by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team(IRT), has not been found…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike aka Evans, and two others have been sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. The other two convicts are Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu while one Ogechi Uchechukw and two former soldiers, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba, were acquitted for lack of…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The case in appeal number CA/L/1105/2018 between Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike( a.k.a Evans) v. The Inspector General of Police & 4 Ors was dismissed yesterday in favour of the Police. The Appellant Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (a.k.a. Evans), filed an application for the enforcement of his Fundamental Right for the release of his trucks from the…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSANGERS)-No fewer than 15 trucks of soldiers and policemen were reported to have been deployed in Ibbi town , Taraba State in attempt to arrest the fleeing kidnapped kingpin after the killing of three policemen and civilian by soldiers. Many people were said to have been arrested by team of detectives in…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers in Taraba State have killed three policemen who went to arrest a wanted kidnap kingpin and set the suspect free. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police Frank Mba. According to Mba, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered full-fledged investigations…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Alleged kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans on Friday gave graphic details of how members of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Response Team and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), tortured him and killed 30 people in his presence. Evans who made the revelation on Friday during the continuation of a trial-within-trial…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans, broke down in tears on Monday before the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere, where he was arraigned on fresh two charges of kidnapping. After initially refusing to come down from the prison van in protest, he was eventually brought into the courtroom by warders…