One of
the victims of alleged billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike
(popularly known as Evans), on Friday told a Lagos judge how his family
received 50 per cent discount on ransom from his abductors last year.
Donatus Dunu, the last victim before the
alleged kidnappers were arrested, while giving evidence before an Ikeja
Division of the Lagos State High Court said the discount was given two days
before Good Friday.
According to him, Evans kept pegging his demands
in dollars, euro and naira “based on market value” and his insistence on
receiving the ransom in euros made it difficult for his family to raise the
money.
“Evans asked for my brother’s phone number and
I gave him. They called my brother Anselm Dunu that I should tell him my bill
is €1 million through a conference call. They were beating me that I should say
that I have agreed that I will pay €1 million and I told my brother.
“They had been calling my brother almost every
day and they will be beating me so that my brother will hear my crying. So at a
time I asked my brother to start looking for where to borrow money.”
“At a time they said they have been able to
raise up to ₦60 million naira which I asked the chairman (Evans) to take the
₦60 million naira and when I come out I will make the remaining money for him
but he said me and my brother are saying rubbish.”
“At a time they tried to change the money to
euro but Evans said no because there was a time around March when naira
appreciated, he asked them not to change it anymore that it’s not euro again
but naira and when naira started depreciating again he asked them to change it
back to euro.”
“I pleaded that euro was too hard to get and
his boys advised me to ask him to give me discount and he came down from
€1million to €500,000; that is about 50% discount.”
- Premium Times
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