Olukoya Ogungbeje,
lead counsel to Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, suspected kidnap kingpin better known
as Evans, has withdrawn from his client’s trial.
In
a statement he personally signed, Ogungbeje said he was withdrawing due to
“personal reasons”.
Evans
is being tried by the Lagos state government for alleged offences ranging from
conspiracy to kidnapping and attempted murder.
Ogungbeje
said his life had been under threat since he took up the case.
“For
the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state categorically that we have fought a
good fight this far despite repeated and sustained threats to my life and my
defence lawyers,” he said in the statement issued Wednesday.
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