Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme
Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, on Tuesday filed a fresh suit at a Federal High Court
in Lagos, seeking N1 billion damages against the Police over alleged unlawful
sealing of his property in Lagos.
The suit, filed by his lawyer, Olukoya
Ogungbeje, has as the Inspector General of Police, Nigeria Police, Inspector
General of Police, Intelligence Response Team, (IRT), Abba Kyari, an assistant
commissioner of police and Phillip Rieninwa, a deputy superintendent of police,
as respondents.
The applicant is seeking a declaration that the
forceful seizure, confiscation and sealing of his property by the respondents
without any court order is illegal, wrongful and unconstitutional.
He wants an order compelling the respondents
jointly and severally to immediately and unconditionally release the properties
as listed in the motion papers.
In addition, he is asking the court for an
order compelling the respondents to immediately and unconditionally unseal and
vacate the applicants two residential houses located at highbrow area of Magodo
in Lagos.
Other reliefs are an order compelling the
respondents to severally and jointly tender an apology to the applicant and to
pay him the sum of N1 billion being general and exemplary damages for the
alleged forceful seizure and confiscation of the applicant’s property without
court order.
A perpetual injunction restraining the
respondents from tampering or taking any action against the applicant or any of
his properties in relation to this case.
Some of the properties listed in the application
include N50 million cash, two residential duplex, brigade wrist-watch worth
170,000 dollars, a phone worth 30,000 dollars and five pieces of Saphono Rucci
Diamond rings worth 100,000 dollars.
Others are three Italian travel bags worth
$55,000, 10 Spanish shoes each worth N2.5 million, 20 KVA inverter set worth
N10 million, two sets of dinning table worth N8 million.
The applicant also wants N4 million as cost of
action against the respondents.
Evans was arraigned by the police before a
Lagos High Court in October 2017 on a 40-count charge bordering on kidnapping,
robbery among other offences.
No date has been fixed for the hearing of the
suit which was filed on Tuesday about 11.35 a.m.
- NAN
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