EVANS BURST INTO TEARS IN COURT, SAYS HE IS NOT WELL FED IN PRISON
“We have been treating him very well; he is well fed, and people have been visiting him; a doctor has been checking him; the doctor checked him yesterday and even this morning before he was brought to court. The doctor says he is healthy and can be brought to court.”
Penpushing also recalled that the Lagos State Government had brought a fresh charge bordering on conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping and attempted murder against Evans and three others. Evans was charged alongside Joseph Emeka, Ugochukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba.
Similarly, in the second charge, he is being tried alongside Joseph Emeka, Linus Okpara and Victor Aduba. When the case was mentioned, the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Titilayo Shitta-Bey, told the court that Evans refused to disembark from black Maria.
Penpushing reports that, the judge, Akintoye consequently, asked the authorities of the prison to ensure that the accused were well taken care of, noting that they were still presumed innocent until proven guilty. Evans was thereafter arraigned alongside Joseph Emeka, Linus Okpara and Victor Aduba on a two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful capture.
The charge was preferred against them by Lagos State, which said the accused and others still at large conspired and unlawfully captured one Uche Okorafor on November 21, 2014 at Festac Town, Lagos, demanding a ransom of two million dollars.
The offences contravened Sections 269 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, according to the prosecution. The case has been adjourned until May 25 for trial.
