HOW WE CAUGHT EVANS, ALLEGED BILLIONAIRE KIDNAPPER, PROSECUTION WITNESS TELLS COURT

“During the interview, Evans explained how he kidnapped Sylvanus in June 2014 and he said he was armed with AK47 during the kidnap. He said after nine weeks of kidnapping Sylvanus, they contacted his family and demanded $2 million dollars in ransom. The family negotiated with them and they agreed to pay $240, 000 which they paid instalmentally.”

“The victim volunteered his statement, the wife of the victim, Chidiebere Ahanonu, who served as the negotiator also, volunteered her statement and the brother of the victim, Dominic Ahanonu, who played a role in paying the ransom also volunteered his statement.”

Haruna, a police Inspector added further, “We videoed the recording of the statements of the first defendant. The video was recorded by Mr. Adesuyi Olanrewaju.”

Penpushing further report that, during the court proceedings, the  prosecution sought to tender a certification from Mr. Olanrewaju but met an objection from Evans counsel, Olukoya Ogungbeje  who argued that he was not availed a copy of the certification.

The judge overruled the objection saying it had no bearing on the evidence and was just to fulfill the provision of the Evidence Act. The prosecution had played the video in court to ascertain that it was the same video it served the defence in December.

 Ogungbeje also raised an objection when the video was sought to be tendered by the prosecution, on the grounds that he was not well equipped to object or approve its admissibility in court since he has “not weighed the compact disc on the background of the certification produced in court.” He  prayed for an adjournment to enable him to take another look at the video since it had now been certified by the court.

Meanwhile, Justice   Oluwatoyin Taiwo  adjourned the case to April 23 and 27 for further hearing.