The Nigerian Correctional Service on Wednesday, for fear of possible attack amid the raging #EndSARS protests, did not take alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendants, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, where their trial was scheduled to continue before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo.

Evans and his suspected accomplices are facing two separate charges of kidnapping and murder before Justice Taiwo but neither the prosecution nor the defence came to court.

The two charges have been listed as number 10 and 12 in the court’s cause list for Wednesday..

CEO Africa News correspondent was told by the Court Registrar that the two cases would not go on as the prisons had communicated to the court that they would not bring the defendants to court, citing the unrest in the city occasioned by the widespread #EndSARS protest.

The court registrar said; “They are afraid of hijack by protesters”.

When contacted, the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions confirmed the development.

Our reporter who observed that the Correctional Service brought no inmates at all to the court, also found no NCS Green Marias and found that the holding cells for keeping inmates on the court premises were empty.

Officials at the holding cells said the NCS had not brought inmates to court since Monday.