Wife of Billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, aka Evans, Uchenna, has appealed to Nigerians to forgive her husband and her family for all the atrocities he committed. In an interview with Vanguard, Uchenna said she was not aware that he was into crime. She said thought he was into haulage, buying engine and spare parts for trucks and imports exhaust pipes.
She has asked that all his properties be sold and the money returned to all his victims.
"My name is Uchenna Precious Onwuamadike, the wife of the Chikwudubem Onwuamadike who you call Evans. I am 31 years old. I got married to Evans at the age of 17 at Oraifite, Anambra state in 2004. He met me while I was coming back from lesson as a student of All Saints Secondary School, Oraifite and I was in class 6 going to take my West African Examination.
After we met, I agreed
to go with him because of my poor background. He told me his father married
three wives when he was six years old and threw his mother out of his house. He
said that one of the wives influenced his father to drive them out of his house
also and they were forced to stay with outsiders. Evans was taken to his
grandmother who trained him.
He told me his father
accused the mother of being adulterous before driving her out of his house. Our
marriage is blessed with five children. Our first issue is 12 years plus and
her name us Udochukwu. After we got married, he said I should stay with his
mother in his village at Akanmiri, Umudim, Nnewi to teach me how to be a good
housewife. I was there for three years before he took me to Lagos.
We were living at
Satellite town in 2006 and after one year, he relocated us back to the village
because he could not pay house rent. While in the village, he normally came to
see us. We spent three years in the village and relocated to Ghana. On our way
to Ghana, we passed through Lagos and stayed at Benny Hotels in Festac where we
spent two days before travelling to Ghana. He spent a month with us in Ghana
before coming back to Lagos.
I was pregnant with our
fourth child in 2010 when he left for Nigeria to come back in two months time.
After I gave birth, he came back four months later and was able to clear the
accumulated bills we kept for him because I borrowed money from friends to
clear hospital bill. When he came back, he complained bitterly that things were
rough for him in Nigeria and that customs seized his goods. I was not aware
that he was into kidnapping and all the criminal acts he is being associated
with now.
All I know about his
business is that he was into haulage, buying engine and spare parts for trucks
and imports exhaust pipes. That was what he told me. The reason he kept me in
Ghana was because he said our children should get quality education. I have
spent six years here and after I stopped hearing from him, I called and
complained bitterly but he said I should stay for some time. I then called his
friend, Okechukwu, who now lives in China. He told me that he has not been
seeing him and that he spends most of his time with a girlfriend in Festac.
When I called him to complain, he was angry with me and warned that I should
stop listening to gossip. He said that If I should return, I should go to his
younger brother’s house in Lagos until he is ready to get accommodation for
us.
The brother was formally
living in Lagos but he is in Brazil now. So, when it was impossible to pay my
children’s school fees, I packed my bags and baggage and came back to Lagos
with our children. We stayed at his brother’s house at Agric, close to Trade
Fair until he took us to a house in Magodo where he claimed he owed rent
pending the completion of his own house there.
We have spent just one
year in that house in Magodo. I have no idea of the type of business he was
into but he told me that his friends overseas used to buy phones and jewelries
for him.
While in Lagos, i was
idle and I pressured him to find something for me to do and he promised to do
that. Several times, I asked him to take me to his office but he said they move
from place to place to offload goods in haulage business and share profits. I
can’t remember having any visitor in our house. It is only the agent called
Sunny that helped us to pack into our house that I know. At times, artisans
come to do one repair or the other, that’s all. I don’t know any of his friends
and if we were invited to parties, he would not allow us to attend. He told me
that he has no friends and that he hates associating with people.
I was always indoors
because he warned me to beware of Lagos women that they are wayward. I was
staying indoors and it was only when I was sick that he took me to a hospital
in Ikeja. I always have BP and it makes weak.
We went back to Ghana on
the 6th of this month and he promised to join us in no distant time. On the
9th, I called him to know when he would be coming and even the youngest of our
children was crying, begging him to come as soon as possible and he promised to
come. In the afternoon, I called but he was not picking. I called again, there
was noise in the background and the line was switched off. I then called the
driver that took us to the motor pack when we were going to Ghana and he told
me that there was a problem, that police came and arrested Oga and that they
came with a fair complexioned lady. When I heard all the allegations against
him, I called his brother in Ghana, his mother, father and other relations but
I could not get them. I then called their last born, a student at Oko
Polytechnic but he said he had not spoken with him for long. I was confused
until I opened Niger news and Vanguard Websites. That was how I got the
shocking news about my husband. I collapsed and later called my kids to inform
them what I just read about their father.
Since then, I have not
eaten, I am still in shock. Our children could not believe what they were
reading about their father. They are saying that he cannot do all the things
they said he did. In fact, while we were in Nigeria, he had never slept outside
our house. My children were crying when they saw his bloody eyes and swollen
face. Our condition was worsened when I saw my picture with him and our
children on the face book. I don’t know where they got it. I have not been
receiving money from him, I have never seen his money. The only thing I know is
that there was a time he bought an expensive watch in Dubai and I wanted to
know why he bought it when he could not open any business for me. He kept on
teasing me, claiming it came from a friend.
It was only when we
wanted to travel to South Africa last year Christmas where we spent two years
that he gave me N200, 000 for the trip. I have never seen him as a rich man.
While with him, we made sure we had all we wanted to eat and that’s all. I
can’t remember seeing any sign of affluence in him. He is not a proud man and
he has been wearing one sandal and slippers for long now. He does not go for
parties. In fact, I have never suspected him as a criminal. If I have been
seeing any strange things, I would have suspected him. We have three cars, one
Hilux, one grand Cherokee and an SUV.
The N20m they said he
sent to me through transfer was given to one Hausa man to pay into an account
in Ghana to be used in paying our rent and furnish the house in Ghana. I know
he banks with GTB only. Their staff used to visit us in the house. I am not
aware that he has five girlfriends and I have never suspected him because he
did not keep late nights. It was shocking to hear about his girlfriends. He did
not answer calls in my presence. I used to see his phones being charged but he
normally switched them off. I always asked him why use pin code to lock his
phones and that he lived a secret life but he threatened to beat me if ever I
touched any of his phones. I didn’t even know the security pin.
He would leave the house
sometimes in the evenings with his phones and would come back between 8pm and
9pm. Most of the things I read about him are strange to me. As his wife, I
should have seen the signs but I have not. He has cancer and does not drink
alcohol nor smoke anything. I have never seen gun in our house. I don’t know
where they got those frightening guns. He has never told me he has another
house at Igando. Any time he went out, he always called to ask after the
children and reassure me that he would be back soon.
I am suspecting that
whatever happened to him must have come from his father’s second wife. I don’t
know what he did to him when he was young but he told the story. He said that
after their mother was driven out of the house, he was with his brothers
playing outside one day when the second wife called him to pick a bucket and
collect water for her. He was four years then, he picked the bucket, collected
water and when he came back, she removed her dress and she was wearing only a
bag made from animal skin on her waist.
She brought seven small
stones from the bag, gave to Evans and ordered him to pour the stones into the
bucket to know if the gravel would rise (sail) on top of the water or not.
Evans said he did as she directed but the only thing the woman did was to take
the bucket back and ordered him to go back and play with his brothers. He said
he told his father later but he said he was telling lies. I feel very bad
because I did not know if he was doing all these or not. Even if he was into all
these, why did he not stop because of me and his children? All the time when we
pray, he used to promise God that he would tell Him his story later in life.
Here reads psalm 23 a lot.
Even his phone, he sets
alarm for 12 noon to read psalm 23. He took part in our daily prayers in the
morning, evening and night. He used to lead us in prayers. We attend Anglican
Church. He has never given them money to show off. We used to give N5000 or
N10,000 and the highest we have given so far was N50,000 when we baptised one
of our children. I am appealing to the powers that be to spare his life
(crying), as I speak now, I am kneeling down with my children, crying and
begging for forgiveness. Have mercy on us. He did not know what he was doing.
He did not know what came over him.
I am ready to come back
to Nigeria and plead on his behalf. What I am reading in the news is shocking.
Though, I have not heard that he killed anybody but all those he injured or
took their money should please forgive him because me and my children. They
should kindly forgive him, he will repent. God knows I will not be alive and
see my husband doing bad thing and keep quiet. All his wealth should be sold
off and given to his victims"
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