Evans shot Young Shall Grow motors chair, killed two escorts – witness

A police officer attached to the Inspector -General of Police Intelligence Response Team, Idowu Haruna , on Wednesday narrated to a Special Offences Court how the alleged billionaire kidnapper , Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike , alias Evans shot the Chairman of the Young Shall Grow motors , Obianuju Vincent , in an attempt to kidnap him .
Haruna told the court that Evans and his gang members shot Vincent and killed two of his escorts.

Evans is standing trial alongside his co -defendants – Joseph Ikenna Emeka , 29 , Chiemeka Arinze, 39 , Udeme Frank Upong , 43 – on seven counts of murder , attempted murder , conspiracy to kidnap and selling of firearms .

Haruna while being led in evidence by the state counsel , Adebayo Haroun, said the incident occurred on August 27 , 2013 at Third Avenue , Festac Town .

He said , “ I recognise the defendants as those who attempted to kidnap the chairman of Young Shall Grow motors , Chief Obianuju Vincent, sometime in 2013 .

“ The YSG chairman was returning from a game house along Festac Town when his convoy was attacked by heavily armed men led by Evans.

“ During the attack , the YSG chairman was shot in the right arm while his driver , one Mr Peter Nweke , was shot dead. One of his escorts, Chijoke Ngozi ( female ) , was also shot dead.

“ During a gun duel between the chairman ’ s police escorts and the gang , three of the gang members were shot dead by Inspector Solomon Igwe, while the rest fled the scene .

“ Two rifles belonging to the gang members were later recovered by the Festac Police Division , where the case was reported and the corpses were later removed by the police .

“ Immediately the matter was assigned to my team , we arrested the 1 st defendant ( Evans) , who narrated the entire operation to us . Evans told us that he was the leader and the one who led the gang to the operation . Evans mentioned the 3 rd defendant ( Arinze) as the informant of the operation .

“ He told us that Arinze had monitored the movement of the YSG chairman for four days in order to give him detailed information about his routine .

“ Evans also named the 2 nd defendant ( Emeka ) as his syndicate in all criminal activities while the 4 th defendant ( Upong ) supplied him with the weapons and firearms . ”

“ When the victim came to the station , Evans knelt before him and apologized for killing his two escorts. He told him that he was sorry for their deaths and that it was a mistake .

“ Evans told the victim that he had no intention of killing anyone during the operation but only wanted to kidnap him and later demand for ransom .

“ Evans begged that he was misinformed about the victim ’ s police escorts who were also armed. ”

The presiding judge , Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, adjourned the matter till January 6 , 2019 , for the continuation of trial .

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