A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square has set aside February 25, 2022 for judgment in the case of suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, better known as Evans.

Recall that Onwuamadike is standing trial alongside Uche Amadi, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba over the alleged kidnap of Donatus Dunu, chief executive officer of Maydon Pharmaceutical Ltd and collection of £223,000 (N100 million) as ransom from his family.

All the defendants who were first arraigned on August 30, 2017, on two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping, have maintained their innocence.

At the resumed hearing of the case on December 10, counsel to Evans, Victor Opara, submitted that there is no direct evidence linking his client to the crime.

He told the court that Dunu, the alleged kidnap victim, said to be blindfolded throughout his 88-day ordeal, did not state to the court in his testimony that he could physically identify Evans.