Evans,
who has been dubbed the smartest kidnap kingpin in Nigeria has
reportedly made confessions about the massive sums of ransom monies
collected from his victims.
Evans being interviewed by journalists
The notorious kidnapper arrested at the weekend, along with six
members of his gang in Lagos, by police operatives from the intelligence
teams has named some of his victims.
Chukwudidumeme Onuamadike, alias Evans, told detectives that though
he could not remember the number of people he kidnapped or the amount
of money he collected as ransom, he was, however, able to mention a
few.
In Edo and Lagos states, he remembered kidnapping Mr. Mbarikatta
William Uboma at Festac Town on June 16, 2012, where the sum of N20
million was collected as ransom before he was released.
A police classified document containing Evan’s confessional
statement revealed that Mr. Paul Cole from Ohafia in Abia State was also
kidnapped by the gang on August 23, 2012, at Festac Town where N20m was
also paid.
Mr. Mohammed Jamal, a Lebanese, who was kidnapped on August 19,
2012, at Ajah, paid N17m at Ojo area of Lagos to regain his freedom.
Evan’s gang also kidnapped Mr. Kingsley Nwokenta on September 19,
2012, after he left Lebanon Bar in Festac Town and he had to pay N15m in
addition to his black Toyota Venza car that he forfeited to the gang
before he regained his freedom; just as the gang also claimed
responsibility for the kidnap of Mr. Anthony Ozoanidobi on October 10,
2012, along Marwa Road in Satellite Town where N15m was paid before he
was taken to Apple junction, Amuwo-Odofin in Lagos and released.
Evans further stated that his gang also kidnapped Mr. Leo Abraham
in Lagos on August 20, 2012, and dumped him at Badagry Road in Lagos
after he paid N15m.
However, Ojukwu Cosmas, who sells Toyota parts at Aspanda Trade
Fair, who was kidnapped on January 21, 2016, at Festac Town was not too
lucky as he had to pay $1m to secure his release.
James Uduji who was kidnapped by the gang at Seventh Avenue, Festac
Town late last year paid $1.2m after being held for six weeks before he
was released, while Chief Raymond Okoye Odu-Na–Ichida who was kidnapped
in 2015 also paid $1m to regain his freedom after two months in
captivity.
Uche Okoroafor, a trader at Alaba International Market, Lagos, was
kidnapped by the gang in 2015 and held captive for three months before
he was released after paying $1m, just as Elias Ukachukwu, who was
kidnapped by the gang in November, 2015 also paid $1m for his release.
Francis Umeh, a spare parts dealer at Aspanda, was kidnapped in
July 2016, at Raji Rasaki Estate and released after paying $1m to secure
his release.
The gang, however, recorded a fatal loss when in 2013, in its
attempt to kidnap Chief Vincent Obianudo, the owner of Young Shall Grow
Motors, met with stiff resistance from the policemen attached to the
chief. The police opened fire and killed two members of the gang.
Though the gang also killed a policeman and some of its members
escaped, Chief Obianudo, who sustained bullet wounds during the attack,
survived after several surgeries.
The last known victim of the gang in Lagos before it was smashed is
Mr. Donatus Dunu, a pharmacist and importer of drugs, who was kidnapped
on February 14, 2017, in Elupeju area of Lagos. The sum of N150m was
paid by the victim’s family to secure his release, but Evans collected
the money and refused to release the victim, insisting that an
additional N300m must be paid.
The gang regretted that Dunu escaped from Evans’ detention camp in
Igando on May 12, 2017, without paying the additional ransom.
In Edo State, the gang kidnapped Mr. Ohunyon Ernest in November
2011 and he had to pay N85m, just as Mr. Dan Odiete who was also
kidnapped by the gang in Benin City in 2013, paid N100m to regain his
freedom.
The owner of Uyi Technical who was kidnapped by Evan’s gang in
Benin City in 2013 paid N100m before he was released, while Tom,
kidnapped in Benin in 2012, paid N100m to the gang.
The owner of Kings Paint was also kidnapped in Benin City in 2010
by the same gang and had to pay N40m to regain his freedom even as Mr.
Randeki, who was kidnapped by the gang in 2010 paid N30m for his
release.
Evans, who was nabbed by a combined team of police officers and men
from the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Technical
Intelligence Unit (TIU) at his private residence in Magodo, Lagos, on
June 10, was described by the police as a very intelligent suspect.
Other members of the gang that were also arrested at different
locations include Felix Chinemerem, 36, from Arochukwu in Ohafia Local
Government Area of Abia State, and Nwosu Chikodi Chukwuma, aka Sudo, 42,
and is said to have over 20 years experience in armed robbery and about
eight years experience in kidnapping.
Other arrested members of the gang are Uchechukwu Amadi from
Anambra State who the police described as the head of Evans’ detention
camp, a female, Ogechi Amadi, said to be the woman that rented the house
and cooks for the kidnappers and their victims in the camp.
The rest are Suoyo Paul, aka Nwana, 42, a native of Bayelsa State,
and is said to be the one supplying the gang with rifles and ammunition,
while Ikenna Emeka, 28, from Anambra State, said he participated in
four kidnappings in Festac Town with Evans before Evans sacked him from
the gang for stealing an expensive wrist watch and a ring from a victim
without informing him.
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