Notorious kidnap kingpin,
Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, aka, Evans, who was arrested last Saturday at his
Magodo Estate mansion, Lagos, has, amidst tears, cried out that he is
being humiliated beyond limits, noting that he preferred dying than to continue
living in pains.
The
36-year-old suspect, who is a native of Akamili in Umudim Quarters, Nnewi,
Anambra State, said he knew the Police would not treat him fairly when he was
caught, given the kind of atrocities he committed over the years
It was based
on this assumption that he told Saturday Vanguard that he made up his mind to
end his life the moment the Police gained access to his house.
He stated that
the Police officer, who pursued him as he ran into his house when he sighted
them at his gate, prevented him from completing his mission. Regretting that he
was not able to end his life that moment, he looked at this reporter and asked:
”What am
I living for? When I saw the policemen dash towards me I ran inside. I was not
running to escape. I ran to see if I could end it before they could take me.
But time was short. They followed me into the room.”
“I have
seen it all, I want to die and have some rest. The only thing I want now is for
the government to take care of my children, educate them and don’t allow them
to become criminals.
I have
begged Abba Kyari, to do this for me and he assured me that the Lagos State
government would take them to an orphanage home where they would grow to become
better persons in the society. I have been diagnosed with Colon Cancer and I
wish could die now”.
Asked about
the exact location of his wife and children, Evans said he sent them to Ghana
four days before he was arrested, adding that they had planned to relocate to
Canada, where he said he wanted his children to school.
He further
disclosed that he gave his wife the sum of N20million for her upkeep, stating
that he did not know their location at the moment since the day he was
arrested.
Evans also
revealed that his wife, who he has been married to for 11 years only knew he
was a kidnapper a few days before his arrest.
“My wife
didn’t know I am a kidnapper. I kept all my kidnapping activities away from her
and she thought I made my billions from importation and illicit drug dealings.
We didn’t
allow visitors to visit our house for any reason. If she must receive any
visitor, I usually ask her to take them to a hotel. But a few days before I was
arrested she discovered I was worried and restless.
My blood
pressure went very high and she asked what was happening. I opened up to her
and also told her that security agents were everywhere looking for me.
Initially, I thought it was the Department of State Security, DSS, that was
hunting for me.
I also
told her to be very careful with her phones and to be mindful of the people who
call her. I also told her to always switch off her mobile phones.
While I
was still contemplating on what to do, I got information that one of my
girlfriends known as Ijeoma had been arrested and taken to SARS, Ikeja. That
was when I knew that the people hunting me were policemen. I called my second
in command, Felix and warned him to be careful that the Police were closing in
on us, but before I knew what was happening, I learnt that Felix had been
arrested in Ojota.
’I
immediately moved my family out of my house and we relocated to a hotel in
Agidingbi Ikeja. My children stopped going to school, then I started making
preparation for them to travel to Ghana where I have three houses.
A few
days later, I got news again that my younger sister, Nzube had also been
arrested by the Police. I heard they were trying to use her to lure me. I then
sent words to one of my friends in Nnewi to take my mother to Bayelsa State
where I felt locating her will be difficult.
Then I
sold three of my cars, leaving just a Grand Cherokee SUV. Four days before my
arrest, I sent my wife and children to Ghana and I paid the sum of N20million
to the account of a bureau de change operator in Ghana. She collected the money
in Cedi. I was planning to join them the day I was arrested. “
– Vanguard
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