Olukoya Ogungbeje, lawyer to notorious billionaire kidnapper, Evans, says the police has no evidence to press charges against his client and that they are currently brainwashing his client. Ogungbeje said since Evans was arrested on June 10th, the police by law is expected to charge him to court but because they have no evidence against him, they have held him in detention. Billionaire kidnapper, Evans’ lawyer.
Recall that after seven years of operating in different parts of the country, the 36-year-old most wanted Nigerian kidnapper, who showed no mercy during his reign of terror, was arrested on June 10 in Lagos State by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. One of his mansions in the Magodo area of the state where he took cover, was raided by the Joint Special Forces led by the Intelligence Response Team, the Lagos State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit and Technical and Intelligent Unit of the Force.
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Billionaire kidnapper, Evans’ lawyer
Following his arrest, the father of five has been in detention. His lawyer has however stressed that as Evan’s counsel, he has not been able to see him since his arrest. He made this known in a chat with the Sun.
“We are not saying that we want to ensure that our client escapes justice at all costs. What we are saying is that we were given letter of representation and properly briefed and we have the claim to represent him within the confines of the law.
“As we speak, there is no single evidence of the matter, do you know that there is no single witness in that matter, do you know that no single case file has been opened on that matter? He has been moved to Abuja.
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“Someone that we did not have access to while in Lagos Police Command, how do you think that we will be able to access him in Abuja? The police keep on brainwashing him, they keep on threatening him, they keep on deceiving him. Take him to court, that is what the law says.
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“The police are only playing the ostrich. Do you know as his lawyer, I have been denied access to him, do you know that the father, his mother, his wife and children have been denied access to him? The police are not telling the truth.
“Why have they not published the court order they claimed to have got? Let them name the judge. They are only misinforming the public. They are not bold enough to publish the order. In short, they don’t have it. The police have been mischievous.
“There is more to it than meet the eye. The matter is in court and we should allow the court to handle the case and wait for the outcome of the matter” he said
Ogungbeje added that Evan’s wife, children and parents have been refused access to see him since he was arrested and are currently demanding that they be granted access.
He says he has written to the police to allow his immediate family members see him. According to him, they fear that he might have been killed.
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