Evans will be arraigned for kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu in Lagos State and the attempted kidnap of Chief Vincent Obianodo, the owner of Young Shall Grow Motors, in Festac
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Evans had at his arraignment on August 30 plead guilty to the charges
Joined in the suit are the Inspector General of Police, Lagos State Police Commissioner and Inspector Christian, an Investigating Police Officer with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad
Evans is seeking N300 million damages for his alleged illegal detention
Justice Mohammed Idris, who gave the order, said Obiechina must be brought before him on October 12.
Evans was arraigned alongside Uche Amadi, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwy, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba on a two-count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping
Evans is to be arraigned at an Ikeja High Court in Lagos State following the conclusion of investigation by the police.
Evans, who was arrested by the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team two months ago, led by Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari, has been accused of involvement in several high profile kidnapping cases
The Police spokesman, Moshood Jimoh, said investigation has also led to the arrest of more associates of Evans who were found to be probably wealthier and living bigger than him
On Friday, NewsMaker reported that Kyari has again been promoted from the rank of an Assistant Commissioner of Police to Deputy Commissioner of Police.
Justice Abdulazeez Anka, who gave the ruling, however, warned Evan’s lawyer to desist from “practices unbecoming of a legal practitioner”.
Evans granted the interview to New Telegraph
Evans said his drug trade was mainly to and in South Africa, where he was once shot when he went to deliver a substance he did not disclose.
The clarification is coming on the heels of the report that Evans, who has been held in the holding facility of the Lagos State Police Command in Ikeja, was no longer there.
Calls and text messages to both the Lagos Police Spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, and the Force PRO, Moshood Jimoh, on the official position of the Police on Evans’ whereabouts were neither answered nor responded to
Evans, who said he was shot while trying to settle a dispute among members of a robbery gang, told New Telegraph newspaper
In an interview he granted New Telegraph newspaper, Evans blamed his father and stepmom for who he grew to become and his present predicament
A motion ex parte was filed before the Federal High Court Lagos on Wednesday, where the suspect was said to have alleged grave constitutional infraction perpetrated against him
According to Udah, the Nigeria Police Force wouldn’t have achieved this present feat, if not for the operational background and hard work of Idris.
In the new suit filed on Thursday by his counsel, Olukoya Ogungbeje, through an originating summon, marked FHC/L/CS/1012/ 2017, Evans is claiming N300 million as general and exemplary damages against the police for what he termed “illegal detention and unconstitutional media trial”