Two previous individuals from billionaire kidnapper, Evans' posse have been condemned to 41 years imprisonment by court.

Amid an Ikeja High court sitting in Lagos State on Monday, saw Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo condemned the convicts, Kelvin Emenike Ukoh and Emeka Obasi for the snatching of one Ugoje Jude, a transportation operator, and his staff, Miss Piriye Gogo in August 3, 2012.

The convicts were individuals from the capturing pack headed by billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, otherwise called Evans. They were summoned in 2013 close by three others: Uche Igbani, 28, Chibuzor Osuagwu, 33 and a 36-year-elderly person, Onowu Ngozi, on a 14 tally charge pestering on connivance, capturing, outfitted burglary and murder.

Ugoje and another staff, Piriye Gogo were kidnapped by the gang who and were later taken to an unknown destination by their leader, Evans.

Miss Ugoje narrated the entire ordeal before the court including how she almost got raped and how she was saved by the police patrol she saw and flagged after the three men took away Jude while holding rifles.

Jude also testified in court, he said his abductors initially ordered him to pay N10m for his release but after negotiations, they accepted N5m.

Justice Taiwo after listening to the testifiers convicted and sentenced Ukoh and Obasi to 5, 15 and 21 years for conspiracy, kidnapping and armed robbery respectively, while the other three; Igbani, Osuagwu and Ngozi were discharged and acquitted by court.

According to the judge, the prosecution could not prove that those acquitted had links to the alleged charges of murder, conspiracy, kidnapping and armed robbery.