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The
Lagos State Government yesterday assured that no effort would be spared in
ensuring logical conclusion of the cases filed in court against kidnap
kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans.
Evans,
who was arrested last year at his Magodo, Lagos mansion, is being
prosecuted by the State Government alongside others for masterminding and
executing series of high profile kidnappings and murder in the state.
Speaking
at the yearly ministerial news conference at the Bagauda Kaltho Press
Centre in Alausa, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji
Kazeem, restated the government’s commitment to ensure the logical conclusion
of all pending court cases and serve justice to the people.
The
commissioner said: “On the Evans’ matter, the cases filed against him are
ongoing in court. The issue is that the lawyer representing him is trying to
play some games to delay the matter but in all his games, we have been
defeating him in court.
“We
have filed different cases. Some are for kidnapping and some are on murder and
his lawyer is fighting all the cases but what I can assure the people is that
we are committed to ensure the matter is concluded and defeat him at the end of
the day.”
On
other high profile cases, Kazeem said the Synagogue Church case on the
collapsed building which killed people was progressing well, adding that a ‘no
case’ submission filed by the accused persons instead of defending the case was
recently dismissed by the court, while the General Overseer of the Christian
Praying Assembly, Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo (a.k.a Reverend King), who is
presently on death roll imposed by the court would have his fate determined in
due course.
Reeling
out activities of the agencies under hi ministry in the last one year, the
Attorney-General said the government received and treated a total number of
11,451 cases through the Special Task Force Against Land Grabbers, Domestic and
Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) and the Special Offences (Mobile) Court
in the last one year.
He
said the government also received 316 inquiries through the recently unveiled
first state-owned DNA and Forensic Centre with 71 active cases currently
ongoing bordering on homicide, rape, toxicology, child trafficking, and
serology, among others.
According
to Kazeem, the Anti-Land Grabbers Task Force designed by the present
administration to fight the menace of forceful take-over of properties received
1,300 petitions out of which 855 were concluded and 530 currently at various
stages of resolution.
“In
the period under review, over 35 arrests of suspected notorious land grabbers
were effected while 26 criminal prosecution cases against suspected land
grabbers are presently ongoing,” the attorney-general said.
Besides,
he said in a bid to enhance due diligence in property transaction, the
state introduced the Real Estate Electronic Litigation Database designed
for the provision of access to information primarily on properties which are
subject of litigation, adding that since its launch, the portal has recorded
over 1,000,000 hits and over 10,000 consistent users from Nigeria, United
States (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK) and South Africa, among others.
He
recalled that since its inception, the DSVRT had galvanised strategic action
and responded appropriately to formal and informal reporting of incidents of
rape, defilement, domestic violence, child abuse, neglect and maltreatment in
the State through the active support of the Governor and other partners.
“The
ministry has noted an increase in report of domestic abuse against men. To
date, the DSVRT has received a total number of 131 cases in this regard.
Overall, a total number of 1,771 cases were reported during the period under
review. The team also provided free medical services and psycho-social therapy
for over 700 survivors of domestic/sexual violence, conducted capacity building
trainings with 220 police officers across the state, and successfully secured
the conviction of seven perpetrators,” he said.
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