Lagos businessman testifies against Evans, says suspected kidnapper demanded N400m as ransom
A Lagos-based businessman, Donatus Dunu, who was kidnapped sometime in February 2017, appeared before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Friday to narrate his ordeal in the kidnappers’ den where he spent 88 days and how he managed to escape before his captors could make good their threat to take his life.
He said when he offered N60m (sixty million naira) out of the €1m (0ne million euros) Evans demanded as ransom, the alleged billionaire kidnapper rejected it, insisting on total payment or he would be killed.
Dunu, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Maydon Pharmaceutical Limited, said the death threat by his captors pushed him into a desperate midnight prayer session, following which the chains of his legs broke and he escaped.
The businessman appeared in court as a second prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, and five members of his gang.
Dunu told the court, “I closed from work around 7:30pm when an SUV double-crossed me and a man came down from the car and pointed a long gun at me. He dragged me down and pushed me into the booth of their car and shut it.”
“At a time, they (my family) said they have been able to raise up to N60m, promising that when I come out, they will pay the remaining money, but Evans said me and my brother were saying rubbish.
“I overheard one of the kidnappers telling others that the best option was to kill me since my brothers were not acting fast in paying their €1m,” he added.
Dunu also narrated to the court how he miraculously escaped after praying to God to grant him freedom.
