Kidnap kingpin, Evans, co-traveller get 21-year imprisonment each

Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, along side his co-defendant, Victor Aduba were on Monday sentenced to 21 years imprisonment each for kidnapping.

Onwuamadike, who is also known as Evans, was sentenced by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court for the kidnap of Sylvanus Hafia.

They were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm on June 23, 2014, at Kara Street, Amuwo Odofin in Lagos and were alleged to have captured and detained Hafia and demanded a ransom of $2m.

But they pleaded not guilty to the four charges.

The judge held that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to other aspiring kidnappers.