Mr Chilaka said he did not know Evans, and met him for the first time in police custody.........................
Evans’ ‘accomplices’ say they were tortured to admit involvement in kidnappingAugust 3, 2021Two former soldiers of the Nigerian Army, Ifeanyi Chilaka and Victor Aduba, on Tuesday, denied being accomplices to the crimes of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans.
He said one day, he was requested by another acquaintance, Ikenna Chukwuma, to help him drive a car from a mechanic’s workshop at Ijesha, Lagos to Surulere, Lagos. “I was dropped off at Cele Bus stop and they warned that if they heard anything from me, they would kill me and I went back home,”Mr Ifeanyi said.
He alleged that he was tortured into admitting to the crimes by members of the Intelligence Response Team of theLed in evidence by his counsel, Emmanuel Ochai, Mr Aduba said he was invited by an acquaintance, Chukwuma Nwosu, to a bar in Ago, Lagos, but unknown to him, Mr Nwosu was wanted by the police.
He alleged he was ordered to be taken to a “theatre” by Mr Phillip where he was beaten and was cut with a machete by Mr Haruna, an inspector.He alleged that in the days he was in custody, three men; Felix Chinemeren, Paul Samyan, and Chukwuma Nwosu, who were initially paraded to the media as kidnappers, were extra-judicially killed by the IRT team.
In the records of proceedings, Mr Haruna had, in his testimony, admitted that the three deceased had died in police custody.“On February 14, 2017 , I was on a 24-hour duty at Abati Barracks gate. I even told Mr Haruna to check out my alibi but he said it was none of his business.While being cross-examined by Haroun, Mr Aduba said he was enlisted by the Nigerian Army on August 15, 2009, and had known Mr Chilaka since 2010.
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