Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, recounted his experience in the hands of disgraced Head of Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari and his boys, saying he went through hell.
Evans made the statement at an Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos on Friday.
This is even as he denied kidnapping a businessman, Sylvanus Ahamonu, and collecting a 420,000 dollar ransom from his family.
NAN reports that the suspect is standing trial alongside an ex-soldier, Victor Aduba, on a four-count charge of kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms.
The alleged kidnap kingpin, however, made a volte-face on Friday when he denied the charges while under cross-examination by the state prosecutor, Mr. Yusuf Sule.
Evans who told the court that he was born on April 22, 1980 and hailed from Nnewi, Anambra State, vehemently denied knowing Ahamonu prior to his arrest.
When Sule noted that Ahamonu had identified him when he testified virtually (via the Zoom app) in court, Evans said he was easily identifiable.
“Ahamonu and Idowu Haruna (the Investigating Police Officer) could have conspired with the police.
“My pictures are everywhere, all over the world.
“I had a haulage and logistics business with over 30 staff and drivers in Amuwo-Odofin,” he said.
The alleged kidnap kingpin said he had made no mention of his haulage and logistics business in his statement because it was written by the police.
Responding to questions, Evans said he also did not provide medical documents proving his alleged torture by the police to the court.
He, however, noted that while he was incarcerated, he had filed a fundamental human rights suit against the police at the Federal High Court, Lagos, over the alleged torture.
Explaining why he was seen in a jovial mood in the confessional video played in the court when the prosecution presented its case, Evans said he was forced to act that manner by the police.
“The police told me to laugh and smile in the video. You do not know what I encountered in the hands of Abba Kyari and his boys. I saw hell.
“It was what they told me to be doing that I was doing,” Evans said.
