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Kidnapper Evans gave me tetanus injections after his gang shot me – Businessman

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6 years ago

September 15, 2018

A kidnap victim , James Uduji , on Friday told a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere that the alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin , Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike , aka Evans, gave him tetanus injections for seven days to treat the gun wounds he sustained during the abduction.Uduji , a businessman , also told the court that Evans drove the Lexus 470 SUV in which he was abducted on September 7 , 2015 by four armed men on his way home from his factory at Agbara, Ogun State .

He made the revelation while giving evidence at the commencement of trial of Evans before Justice Adedayo Akintoye .

Evans is currently facing two separate charges , bordering on conspiracy to kidnap , kidnapping and attempted murder , before the judge .

Evans is standing trial alongside Joseph Emeka , Ugochukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba in the first charge . In the second charge , he is standing trial alongside Joseph Emeka , Linus Okpara and Victor Aduba .

At the resumed trial , Uduji told the court that the incident happened close to his house on 7 th Avenue , FESTAC Town , Lagos .

Uduji said the kidnappers were driving a Lexus 470 SUV at the time of the incident and that they fired several gunshots during the operation .

The witness said he was surprised to see men shooting at that point , adding that he thought they were policemen .

He said , “ I was inside my Hilux van with my two drivers when the men came and pulled me out of my vehicle and dragged me inside their own vehicle .

“ I was not blindfolded at this point , so I saw the men clearly and the man at the steering with a gun was Evans . He is the only one I can recognise among the four . ”

The witness also said that when he was dragged out of his vehicle , he noticed that he was stained with blood .

“ I then realised I sustained bullet wounds , ” he said .

Uduji said the kidnappers later called a doctor on the telephone who treated his bullet wound at their destination .

He stated that he was given two tetanus injections for seven days , adding that Evans was the so called doctor , who treated him .

The businessman said he spent a total of 45 days in the kidnappers ’ den before he was released following the payment of $ 1 . 2 m ( about N 400 m ) as ransom .

Uduji told the court that the $ 1 . 2 m ransom was paid by his family in three instalments , adding that he was released eight days after the ransom was paid .

Also testifying as a witness , one of Uduji ’ s drivers , Mr . Jerome Ugoeze, told the court that he was equally shot in the attack .

He said after being shot , he pretended to be dead while his boss was whisked away by the kidnappers .

The driver said some Good Samaritans later came to his rescue and took him to a hospital .

Further proceedings in the trial have been adjourned till Monday , September 17 .

Uduji was , however , cross – examined by the defence counsel , including Mr . Olarewaju Ajanaku , who represented Evans.

Ajanaku said the specific date when Uduji was released from the kidnappers was not mentioned in the statement which the witness made at the police station .

He also said the date which the businessman testified that he made the statement at the police station did not tally with the date in the body of the statement.