Oluwatosin OmojuyigbeA Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja was told on Thursday that a prosecution witness, Inspector Idowu Haruna, who was scheduled to testify against an alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, was involved in an accident. At the Thursday proceedings, the state prosecutor, Adebayo Haroun, told Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo that the policeman was absent as a result of the accident. He said, “My lord, our first prosecution witness is not present in court today. “He sent me an SMS saying that he was involved in an accident and therefore cannot make it for today’s proceedings. Haruna had said the YSG chairman was returning from a game house with his convoy when he was attacked by armed men, led by Evans on August 27, 2013, in Third Avenue FESTAC Town.

Source: Punch February 01, 2019 00:45 UTC