An Ikeja High Court on Friday gave suspected
billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans till May 10 to
get a counsel to defend the criminal charges against him.
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo told Evans, whose case
has suffered three adjournments following his failure to secure legal
representation, that he had only three options.
Evans could defend himself, get a new counsel
or the court would appoint a legal aid counsel for him, the court said.
The judge gave the warning following the third
consecutive absence of Evans’ lawyer, Mr Olanrewaju Ajanaoku.
Ajanaoku, who skipped the last proceedings over
issues of unpaid legal fees, had earlier informed the court, through a letter,
that Evans’ family was yet to perfect their brief, in terms of financial
commitment.
Evans is standing trial alongside Joseph Ikenna
Emeka, 29, Chiemeka Arinze, 39, Udeme Frank Upong, 43, on a seven-count charge
of murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to kidnap and selling of firearms.
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