Evans Pleads Guilty, Weeps In Court And The Newspaper Headline
Newspaper Headline
NEW TELEGRAPH
Evans weeps in court, pleads guilty
- Suspect remanded in prison
- Police coerced my client, says lawyer
Suspect billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamedike a.k.a Evans, yesterday pleaded guilty to the offence of kidnapping upon his arraignment before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court.
VANGUARD
FG regrets ASUU strike as Osinbajo leads fresh talks
- Blames private sector for delay in composition of Minimum Wage C’ttee; we’re not aware of Osinbajo’s new role – ASUU
ABUJA- THE Federal Government has expressed regret over the on-going ASUU strike, even as the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, was yesterday appointed to lead the Federal Government Negotiation Team to interface with striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to resolve contentious issues that led to the industrial action.
DAILY SUN
My Lord, I did it
- Evans, kidnap kingpin, pleads guilty in court
- He was forced to own up, says lawyer
Notorious kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans and his five accomplices were yesterday arraigned before a Lagos High Court, ikeja Presided over by Justice Hakeem Oshodi on two count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping.
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
ACF to S/E govs: Talk to your youths
- South-East govs meet Nnamdi kanu in Enugu, Call for dialogue
- Don’t arrest IPOB Leader, Col Umar tells FG
- Again, Fulani herdsmen destroy Falae’s farm
- Nigeria sliding towards precipice, Afenifere tells Buhari
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on the South-East governor to make use of the Sallah period and talk to agitators of independent People of Biafra (IPOB) to respect the Sovereignty of Nigeria.
THE PUNCH
No end in sight, Osinbajo heads govt negotiating team
- I have not been invited to any meeting with FG – ASUU president
There seems to be no end in sight to the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities as the Federal Government says it is still the fresh demands made by the union.
THE NATIONS
Evans in court: I’m guilty
- My client was forced, says lawyer
In a packed court room, kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (aka Evans) yesterday pleaded guilty to a two-court charge.