Evans: Why court adjourned trial again

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja yesterday adjourned further, the trial of suspected kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, and his alleged gang till March 2.
The court explained that the adjournment was for two reasons.

One was that Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, a co-defendant of Evans, had yet to secure legal representation.
Also, hearing on a bail application filed by another suspect, Victor Chukwunonso Aduba charged alongside the kidnapper, had to be shifted.
Anselm Dunu, the brother of Mr Donatius Dunu, a kidnap victim, was scheduled to be cross-examined by the defence counsel over his earlier evidence before the court.
He was, however, not fully cross-examined by the defence because of the absence of Nwachukwu’s lawyer.

Evans and Nwachukwu are standing trial alongside Uche Amadi, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba on a two-count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping.
Justice Hakeem Oshodi, the presiding judge enquired from Nwachukwu (the fourth defendant), why he did not have legal representation.
“My Lord, we are still making arrangements for a lawyer,” he said.
In her reaction, Ms Titilayo Shitta-Bey, state Director of Public Prosecution, noted that the defendants were trying to delay proceedings.

Following the death of over 72 persons in Benue state suspected to have been slaughtered by Fulani herdsmen and the condemnation of such heinous act by concerned citizens of Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday alleged that the above state’s visitation by All Progressives Congress, APC Governors were no longer condolence but an act of mockery. This was made known to newsmen via the official tweeter handle of Peoples Democratic Party. PDP equally alleged that they have been begging All Progressives Congress, APC, administration to send delegations to the affected state for many days but APC did not respond till their recent visit which they PDP termed ‘ a visit to dance and spit on the graves of those slaughtered by bandits’. The statement further condemned the visitation of Benue Traditional Rulers to Aso Rock, saying that “It is also outrageous and disheartening for Buhari to summon the bereaved to Aso Rock instead of visiting them. This is an insult on our collective sensibility as a people. The bereaved are always visited not summoned”, part of the statement read. Read bellow PDP’s statement: “The visits by the @APCNigeria governors to Makurdi, Benue State was no longer about condolence but to dance and spit on the graves of those slaughtered by bandits. It took 18 days of begging by the @OfficialPDPNig for the governors to consider visiting the state.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/benue-killings-apc-govs-visit-no-longer-condolence-mockery-pdp/