The Command’s Public Relations Officer(PRO), Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued Saturday in Minna.
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Following this, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo had during the proceedings expressed displeasure over the absence of the defendants.
The state counsel, Yusuf Sule, said this on Monday in the trial before an Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ifeanyi and Aduba made the denials during the resumption of their trial at an Ikeja High Court over two-counts of kidnapping and conspiracy.
The minister said this on Tuesday in Lagos during a meeting with Online Publishers.
Evans was scheduled to continue his defence on Wednesday before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court for the alleged kidnap of Donatus Dunu, the Managing Director of the Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports in the first suit, Evans is facing trial alongside Victor Aduba, a dismissed member of the Nigerian Army.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the two trials are for the alleged kidnap of a businessman, Sylvanus Ahamonu and the attempted kidnap of Chief Vincent Obianodo, the Chairman of the Young Shall Grow Motors.
Suspected kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Wadume, who caused the killing of three operatives attached to the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team and a civilian in Ibi, Taraba State, has been described as a philanthropist who bought a car for the Nigerian Army Captain that ordered their killing and other people.
Evans was arrested in his Magodo Estate mansion at about 1pm by the IRT, headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.