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The last has not been heard about Nigeria\u2019s biggest kidnapper, Chukwudi Onuamadike, also known as Evans who was recently nabbed in his Magodo, Lagos mansion.<\/p>\n

A senior police officer among officers who arrested Onuamadike in 2006 shares his experience in the 2006 experience.<\/p>\n

On how he met Onuamadike, the officer said, \u201cThere was a time in 2006 that a gang of robbers attacked a commercial bank in Lagos and went somewhere around the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, to share the loot. While sharing the loot, the robbers had a disagreement and shot one another,\u201d he narrated.<\/p>\n

Stating further, he said, \u201cSeven members of the gang died instantly. The then Divisional Police Officer of Iponri Police Station, Yahaya Bello, now a Deputy Commissioner of police, said there was a serious incident involving some persons who shot at one another. He said about three of them had been arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n

Remembering the experience further, the policeman was sure of Evans\u2019 atrocities quite well. \u201cOne of the members of the gang arrested then was Chukwudi Onuamadike, popularly known as Evans. If you look at his chest, I cannot remember whether it is the right or left side, there is a scar. It was as a result of the gunshot from his gang members that day,\u201d he remembered.<\/p>\n

According to him, due to much bleeding he could not escape the scene. \u201cHe bled and there was no way he could run away before the police came. The case was transferred to the Lagos State Anti-Robbery Squad. We investigated and discovered that they were armed robbers. Evans led the team.\u201d \u201cWe also went to Mbidi Police Station, Imo State, to carry out an investigation on them. We were able to arrest two other members of the gang. We then had five of them in police custody,\u201d he reminisced.<\/p>\n

When asked if he was able to prosecute the armed robber then, he said, \u201cThere was a policewoman at the Band Section of the Police College, Lagos. She was known as Tina, a Superintendent of Police. She insisted that we should drop the case and that Onuamadike (Evans) was her brother.\u201d<\/p>\n

The officer added that, \u201cWhen she (the policewoman) was unable to achieve her aim, she travelled to Imo State. Not long after, we got a message from the Imo State Police Command that they had been searching for Evans and asked us to transfer the case to them so they could continue from where we stopped. Since that time, we did not hear anything. We heard he was later released there.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked how he knew the arrested suspect was the notorious kidnap kingpin he confirmed that, \u201cI saw his pictures. I know the man we arrested alongside members of his gang in 2006. But one thing was that he was not bearing the alias, Evans, at the time. We identified him only as Chukwudi. Some of the persons we worked together on the case also called me to draw my attention to the fact that he was the one arrested.\u201d<\/p>

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Meanwhile the police officer said Evans was not the only one released after the arrest on 2006. \u201cHe couldn\u2019t have been the only person released. The request was that we should transfer the case to them. We sent him and two members of his gang to the command.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a hotel in Okota area where they used to meet to share their loot. The owner of the hotel was their friend. There was a time they robbed three banks in Alaba International Market in 2005. They also looted shops there. One of the owners of the shop complained to the police and we carried out an investigation. We discovered that some of the items stolen in the man\u2019s shop were digital cameras.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe traced the cameras to the hotel and into the office of the hotel owner. It was then that \u2018big men\u2019 started calling from everywhere that we should drop the charges against them. The owner of the hotel was later killed by the robbers, following a disagreement. His body was dumped by the roadside in one of the states in the East sometime ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

On what potential threat he thinks Evans can constitute to the society if he finds his way off the hook, he said, \u201cHe can form a terrorist group being a hardened criminal. We are talking about a man that would not release his victims until his exact ransom was paid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Advising on the best way the case can be handled, the police officer said, \u201cThe best way to handle his case is for the police to do their work. They should do a proper investigation. If it will take four months to investigate him, they should do so,\u201d stating further that \u201cHe has links in South Africa, Ghana, etc. I know him. Bank robbery and hijacking of bullion vans is easy for him and his gang members. He didn\u2019t hesitate to shoot any member of his gang suspected of foul play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dismissing the innocent look of not being violent, the officer said, \u201cForget about that. It is expected. No criminal would say he ever killed anybody, except after a thorough investigation has nailed him or her.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked why he thinks Evans embraced kidnapping since he was a confirmed an armed robber, the policeman said, \u201cI really cannot say because I have not seen him since we took him and his other members to Imo State. I think he only tried to adopt another criminal act he believed would fetch him more money. It is all about greed. He wanted more and more. He kept amassing wealth because he wanted to show off.\u201d<\/p>\n

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