The Chairman of G. U. O. Motors Limited, Chief
Godwin Okeke, yesterday, commenced his evidence-in-chief at an Onitsha High
Court in Anambra State, presided over by Justice Chudi Nwankwo, in respect of
his abduction by kidnappers in Onitsha on Sunday, August 23, 2009.
Okeke
who spoke under oath, shortly after the court granted a motion to file and
serve additional prove of evidence with respect to one of the suspected
kidnappers, Alexander Onyinanya, filed by the prosecution counsel, Chris Ajugwe
with Mrs. N. D. Wilcox.
He
narrated his encounter with the kidnappers at the All Saints Anglican Church
Cathedral, Onitsha when he went for a Sunday worship with his wife, driver and
some family members.However, counsel to the first and third accused persons, O. U. Uduma and J. N. Okongwu, did not object to the prosecution counsel’s motion to file and serve additional prove of evidence with respect to the third accused, Onyinanya.
How he was abducted
Led in the evidence by his counsel, Okeke stated that he went for 7 a.m. service which ended at about 10 a.m, adding that between 10.30 and 11 a.m., his wife mounted the steering of his Nissan Amanda Spots Utility Van, SUV, and was driving towards the church gate when suddenly, gunmen blocked the car with a bus in front and a Mercedes Benz car at the rear.
Okeke told the court that before he could ask questions, the gunmen started shooting sporadically, adding that even though he managed to disarm one or two of them, they shattered his left leg, over-powered him, drove away his wife and family members before bundling him into his SUV and zoomed off with the abductors’ vehicles following.
He further told the court that they passed through Awka Road and at Limca Road, they met a traffic gridlock but his abductors shot sporadically into the air to scare the commuters before they continued their movement up to Nkpor junction where he said they met some policemen and exchanged fire with them.
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