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Convicted billionaire kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly often known as Evans, has utilized for a plea cut price and clemency earlier than the Lagos Excessive Courtroom, Ikeja.
His new lawyer, Chief Emefo Etudo, knowledgeable the courtroom of the applying shortly after Evans was re-arraigned on a five-count cost of kidnapping and homicide, introduced by the Lagos State Authorities.
Showing earlier than Justice Adenike Coker, Evans and his co-defendant, Joseph Nkenna Emeka, pleaded not responsible to the costs.
Chief Etudo informed the courtroom that Evans’ plea cut price request covers three pending felony instances and two others on compassionate grounds.
He famous that his shopper had already been convicted in two earlier instances
The defence lawyer argued that Evans had undergone a change and must be thought-about for leniency.
He proposed {that a} contemporary cost be filed towards Evans, to which he would plead responsible in change for a 14-year jail sentence.
Etudo additional requested that the sentence run concurrently with these from his earlier convictions.
“Our authority for bringing this utility is hooked up as Appendix 6, and this utility supersedes any earlier plea cut price requests made by or on behalf of Mr. Onwuamadike,” he submitted.
Etudo highlighted Evans’ efforts at rehabilitation, revealing that he had spent about eight years in incarceration and had taken benefit of instructional alternatives provided by the Federal Authorities.
“Whereas in jail, Evans accepted the chance to additional his training beneath a Federal Authorities scholarship.
He has obtained a Nationwide Certificates in Training (NCE) in Economics and is now a licensed instructor,” Etudo mentioned.
He additionally disclosed that Evans is presently a 200-level Political Science pupil on the Nationwide Open College of Nigeria (NOUN) and has acquired vocational expertise in welding and metallic fabrication beneath the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productiveness.
Supporting paperwork, together with Evans’ NCE certificates, NOUN admission letter, and vocational coaching certification, have been submitted as proof.
The prosecution, represented by Mr. A. Y. Sule, didn’t instantly reply to the plea cut price request. Justice Coker adjourned the case to March 20, pending the choice of a Lagos State Authorities committee reviewing Evans’ utility.
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