- Ogungbeje says Evans is being kept
unnecessarily because the police does not
have evidence to charge him
- An unnamed family member says there
are worries among Evans' people that he
may have been allegedly killed by the
police
- He says there were reports that Evans
was imprisoned in an underground cell
Olukoya Ogungbeje, lawyer to notorious
kidnapper Evans, has revealed that the
Nigeria Police Force is yet to charge the
suspect to court because it had no evidence
against him.
Ogungbeje told The Sun that the police is
holding his client unnecessarily since his
arrest on June 10 and trying to brainwash
him.
He said: “We are not saying that we want to
ensure that our client escapes justice at all
costs. What we are saying is that we were
given letter of representation and properly
briefed and we have the claim to represent
him within the confines of the law.
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“As we speak, there is no single evidence of
the matter, do you know that there is no
single witness in that matter, do you know
that no single case file has been opened on
that matter? He has been moved to Abuja.
“Someone that we did not have access to
while in Lagos Police Command, how do
you think that we will be able to access him
in Abuja? The police keep on brainwashing
him, they keep on threatening him, they
keep on deceiving him. Take him to court,
that is what the law says. The police are
only playing the ostrich.
“Do you know as his lawyer, I have been
denied access to him, do you know that the
father, his mother, his wife and children
have been denied access to him? The police
are not telling the truth. Why have they not
published the court order they claimed to
have got? Let them name the judge.
“They are only misinforming the public.
They are not bold enough to publish the
order. In short, they don?t have it. The
police have been mischievous. There is
more to it than meet the eye. The matter is
in court and we should allow the court to
handle the case and wait for the outcome
of the matter.”
Ogungbeje said he was not the only one
barred from seeing Evan as even his wife,
children and parents have been refused
access to him since he was arrested.
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There is also worry that Evans may have
been killed by the police since nobody has
access to him.
A south-east based member of Evan’s
family, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said:
“We are scared something terrible may
have happened to him because of the way
police has handled this matter so far
especially the way his movement from
Lagos was shrouded in secrecy. How would
we have known if not your paper (Saturday
Sun) which exposed the move in your
report last weekend?
“From our own investigation, we learnt he
was first dumped in an underground cell at
the force headquarters in Abuja. Though
we have also heard that he has been moved
to a secret location believed to be the FCID
cell in Garki area of Abuja, we are yet to
confirm that or his exact location and
wellbeing as we speak?” https://www.naij.com/1115164-evans-lawyer-police-charge-lack-evidence.html

Na so, kolomental lawyer. I'm certain Evans case will not know true justice

sho ro niyen sho ro niyen