Nothing in him gives him away as a felon. His gentle mien, slender physique and innocuous looks could make you vouch for his innocence. But all these, as it has turned out, belied his notoriety and bestiality.

His name stands in contradistinction to the path he followed. Chukwudubem, an Igbo name, means “God, lead me”. His second name, Onwuamadike which appears to be his family name, means “death knows no king”.

Placing his two names side by side gives him out as one that lived the opposite of his first name while the second, as striking as it sounded, never sobered him nor left him in deep cogitation as to the weight and significance of the name. He simply carried on his devilish escapades without sparing a thought for his victims.


He was not the kind of kidnapper to collect pittance. From thousands and millions in crispy mints, he stepped up to collecting ransom only in dollars. He dollarised crime.

In his confessional statements, he said, with a tinge of remorse on his face, that he used to collect ransom in naira but later changed to dollar. He also told a bewildered public that he was not one to beat down price when it came to ransom. To him, when he says N10 million, there’s no going back. He had no pity on his victims. His aim was money and money he got.

For donkey’s years, he swam in opulence. He evaded arrest. He was slippery. Law enforcement agencies were left to wonder and wander. Chukwudubem was sly, smart and elusive. At no point did he ever think that a day will come when all his ill gotten wealth will not just vanish, but have him thrown behind bars to share a space with “common criminals”. Alas, today, he has plunged from fame to shame. The Holy Book talks of vanity upon vanity.

This scripture found no place in him despite claims by his wife that her husband read the Bible and prayed daily. Maybe, his love for Psalm 23 as the wife claims, engrossed him to the point that he did not notice that scripture. We are now told that he has been reading the Bible voraciously in cell since he was taken in. Good. If it’s true, then, somehow, he may stumble on that scripture. That will help him think deep and long.

If and when he reads it, he may come to appreciate the vanity in all his wealth. His houses scattered across the country, two imposing mansions in Ghana, his connections, free money, too much money, excess wealth, stolen money, a coterie of women of easy virtue and gold diggers, the wine, exotic cars and what have you.

Already, he is begging for mercy and pardon after gutsily asking the Federal Government to help raise his children. Not a few Nigerians were outraged that a man who ravaged and savaged families could beg for mercy. Does it not contradict a man that robbed, kidnapped and left families in tears and sorrows? As he gloried in his felonious expeditions, did he know that a word like mercy was in existence? If he did, did he show mercy? How did he show it? Was it by forcefully creaming off money from people who toiled, moiled and sweated to keep body and soul going?

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Nice write up, pls keep it up.
This guy is completely heartless, he and his gang kills Police officers gaurding their targets with little or no compuction, two mobile policemen, a driver and their victim wife lost their lives the day Tomline was kidnapped in Benin.
Others are still too traumatized to come and share their harrowing experiences.

its good for him

Nemesis is a natural measured, it work with karma. His first thought should be how he had treated his victims without mercy, how he kept them in chains, make them go half naked, the victims families were made to be on restless for days. He killed many investments, he scared away many investors, he turned enabling society to fear zone for traders and make many employer to wary. Many had lost their job because of his action and inactions. Husband has gone so soon and wife had left with no other options than to be on the street. Evans cause untold agony,he deserved no mercy, sympathy, let him feel the pain of been wicked.. I have no iota of second thought for him all I wanted, let him be send back to him who sent him..