The Lagos High Court in Ikeja has sentenced Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as EVANS and two others Uchenna Amadi and Okuchuwkwu Nwachukwu to life imprisonment.
Justice Hakeem Oshodi handed out the sentence to them after convicting them on two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru.
Justice Oshodi held that the prosecution had successfully proved the charge against them beyond reasonable doubt.
The judge stated that in some of the confessional videos played in court, Evans was seen freely laughing and willingly answered questions.
He concluded that the evidence tendered before the court especially their video confessions corroborated their guilt.
The court discharged and acquitted Ogechi Uchechukwu and two former soldiers of the Nigerian Army, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba, for lack of sufficient evidence linking them to the crime.