Kidnap kingpin Evans applied for plea bargain, now repentant undergraduate — Lawyer

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Emefo Etudo, lawyer to connvicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, has hyped his client as a ‘repentant person’ who is now an undergraduate having made A1 in all the NECO papers he sat for.

Etudo also said that the convict applied for plea bargain.

This, the lawyer on Thursday told the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja.

Evans, according to the defendant’s counsel, has repented from his criminal activities.

“Our focus in this matter is the plea bargain which we have submitted to the state government.

“My client is now a repentant person. He was a young man consumed by crime but he is now remorseful. Presently, he is a 200-level student at the National Open University of Nigeria.

“In fact, he made A1 in all his papers in NECO while in prison. All this was made possible through a scholarship given to him by the Federal Government.

“My lord, we have asked the Lagos State Government to give him the opportunity to go around schools in the state to talk to youths about the dangers of crime.” the lawyer told Justice Adenike Coker.

In an interview he granted newsmen after the close of the court proceedings, Etudo attributed Evans’ turnaround to Redeemed Christian Church of God and the federal government, saying: “My client is now a changed man. He has been transformed. His reformation was made possible by the RCCG and the Federal Government which gave him a scholarship to study and become a better person.”

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