'What Have I Done To You people?' — Kingpin, Evans Breaks Down In Tears In Court

Billionaire Kingpin, Chukwudumem Onwuamadike, aka Evans, has accused officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service of maltreating him.

Evans, who was at the Lagos State High court, where he was arraigned on two fresh charges of kidnapping, on Monday, had earlier refused to come down from the prison van.

He was, however, draged by the police officers who acted on the orders of Justice Adedayo Akintoye to bring him out of the van. 

After been trailed Evans had something this to say:

“I have an explanation to make," he said in handcuffs "Since I have been in the maximum prison, they have been maltreating me; no visit, they don’t feed me well, I have eye problem and I cannot see afar.”

Refuting his claim, one of the prison officials said: “We have been treating him very well; he is well-fed and people have been visiting him.

“A doctor has been checking him; the doctor came to check him yesterday (Sunday) and even this morning before coming to court... because he was saying he can’t be in court, that he is not feeling fine.

“But when the doctor checked him yesterday (Sunday) and this morning, the doctor said he was healthy and that he saw no reason why he shouldn’t be in court."

According to Evans, the prison official’s claim that a doctor saw him was not true but rather he was seen by a nurse.

However, Ogedi Ogbu, counsel to Joseph Emeka, the second defendant, revealed to the court that his client had also made similar grievances.

Ms. Titilayo Shitta-Bey, the Lagos State Director of Prosecutions, urged the court not to fall for the gimmicks of Evans.

“That was the same thing he said before an Ikeja High Court; when we wrote the prisons, they wrote us back that he was being taken care of like every other inmate,” Shitta-Bey said.

However, Justice Akintoye ordered that the Prison officials treat Evans and his co-defendants same the way they treat other inmates.

The judge also yielded to the request of Evans’ lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, to stand down the case.

Immediately the Judge left the courtroom, Evans began to cry, saying: "What have I done to you people? They have been beating me; no good food; I have been locked up in one place since August 30 last year; why are they taking my case personally? Let me face my trial alive, why do you people want to kill me."

The case has however been adjourned to May 25, 2018.