Lagos Retains Mum As Evans Presents Belongings In Plea Cut price Software

The Lagos State authorities yesterday refused to confess earlier than a Lagos Excessive Court docket sitting on the Tafawa Balewa Sq. whether it is contemplating coming into right into a plea cut price association with convicted kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwamadike, popularly often called Evans.

By way of his lawyer, Emefo Etudo, Evans informed the trial choose, Justice Sherifat Sonaike, that he was keen to give up all his belongings as a part of a plea cut price if the courtroom thought-about his software on compassionate grounds.

The state prosecutor, Alaba Kuku, solely acknowledged the receipt of a plea cut price request from the convict however declined to state whether or not the federal government is contemplating it.

Evans and his co-defendants, Joseph Emeka, Victor Aduba, and Linus Opara, are going through a five-count cost of conspiracy, kidnapping, and tried homicide.

When the case was known as on Thursday, Kuku knowledgeable the courtroom that he had been informed that Evans’ lawyer, Etudo, had utilized for a plea cut price association with the Prosecution, however he was able to go on with the trial.

Additionally, counsel to different defendants confirmed their shoppers’ intentions to hunt plea offers from the prosecution.

As a part of his plea cut price request, Evans has supplied to give up his 14 brand-new vehicles on the market and that the proceeds must be given to the victims of his prison acts.

The convict stated he’s additionally ready to relinquish all his different properties as a part of the settlement ought to the courtroom take into account his request on compassionate grounds.

This marks the second time Evans has sought a plea cut price regarding his kidnapping costs. His first request was made earlier than Justice Ibironke Coker on the Lagos State Excessive Court docket in Ikeja.