lagos—THE kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem
Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, who was arrested
last Saturday by operatives of Inspector
General of Police Special Intelligence Response
Team, IRT, for coordinating several high-profile
kidnappings, armed robbery and murder within
Lagos, Edo, Abia, Enugu and Anambra States,
yesterday, revealed that his father’s decision to
disown him was the reason he took to crime.

Evans, who received millions of dollars as
ransom from his victims, during his reign as an
ingenious kidnapper in the country, told
Vanguard exclusively that he was forced to
drop out of school while in Junior Secondary
School Class 2, when his father, Steven
Onwuamadike, drove his mother, Chinwe, away
and got married to another woman.
He must be well protected – Femi Falana
He spoke as human rights lawyer and critic, Mr
Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, called on the
Inspector- General of police, Ibrahim Idris, to
ensure that the notorious kidnap kingpin is
well-protected in police custody for him and his
accomplices to face justice squarely.

Commending the Police for a good job, towards
ensuring that crime, especially kidnapping is
eradicated in the country, Falana urged the
Force to ensure the arrest of other
accomplices, investigate them deeply and
arraign them for prosecution.

In a statement, Falana said: “The Nigeria
Police Force deserves commendation for the
recent arrest of a notorious kidnap kingpin,
Chukwudi Onwuamadike, a.k.a ‘Evans.’ Since
he is alleged to have named his accomplices,
they should all be arrested by the Police
without any delay.

”All the members of the criminal syndicate
should be charged to court for trial. The
Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris,
should ensure that the kingpin is adequately
protected in custody.

“This is one suspect that should not be shot
dead while trying to escape from custody. If
Evans is killed in custody, his evidence will be
destroyed to the detriment of the society as his
accomplices will continue their nefarious
business of kidnapping and killing innocent
members of the public,” he stated.

Driven away from home

Evans in his disclosure, yesterday, explained
that his father, who is a businessman asked
him to join another business man, a spare
parts dealer, also in Nnewi, who he served for
five years without settlement because the man
later accused him of stealing.

This development, according to him,
embarrassed his father so much that he drove
him out of his house. Evans who is a native of
Akamili, Umudim Quarters, Nnewi, Anambra
State, stated that his father’s action affected
him deeply and he was forced to move into his
mother’s house. He said his mother accepted
him and she also raised money for him which
he used in travelling to Lagos.

While in Lagos, Evans disclosed that he started
selling diesel to luxury buses and truck drivers
at Alafia Bus-stop along Lagos-Badagry
Expressway.

He explained that, while he was selling diesel,
he slept in a bus garage and that was where
he joined a robbery gang.

First robbery gang
Vanguard gathered that Evans’ first robbery
gang specialized in attacking luxury buses
plying the East – West Road, at night. Police
sources explained that Evans was involved in
several highway robberies from which he raised
enough money with which he travelled to South
Africa.

A former anti-robbery police operative attached
to Orile Police Station, who pleaded anonymity,
disclosed that Evans and his gang specialized
in robbing traders in luxury buses travelling at
night on the road.

The ex-policeman added that Evans who had
several informants around motor parks in
Alafia, Maza-Maza and Jibowu areas of Lagos
State, used to obtain first hand information on
the movements of traders coming to Lagos
State with huge amounts of money from
informants working at major luxury buses parks
across the country.

The source disclosed that Evans and his gang
would attack these buses on the highway and
dispossess the passengers of their cash and
other valuables, explaining that some of his
gang members were arrested and when the
police were closing in on him, he fled the
country to return a few years later and
relocated to the East.

Forming another gang

It was gathered that while in the East, he
formed another dangerous gang that started
robbing and kidnapping wealthy business men
especially in the commercial city of Onitsha in
Anambra State and Aba in Abia State.

When his notoriety soared in criminal circles,
other robbery gangs started seeking him. That
was how he became the financier of arms and
armourer for the fearless and deadly armed
robbery kingpin in the east from Nkanu in
Enugu State, popularly called Ngwu Ekekere
Omu, who robbed banks all over the country
until he was killed in Anambra by a military
patrol team that blocked a road on a tip-off
from members of the Special anti-Robbery
Squad, SARS, in Awka.

Evans

Bloody robbery operation at Nsukka
Afterwards, he carried out a bloody robbery
operation at the university town of Nsukka,
Enugu State, where he killed among others, a
Divisional Police Officer and later shot the
SARS Commander in Enugu in the knee while
they were pursuing him along Adani/Otuocha
road.

During that operation, he also burnt down
Nsukka Police Station after raiding one of the
banks and as he was escaping from the scene
with his gang, they threw bundles of crisp
Naira notes in different denominations to the
cheering crowd and commercial motorcyclists,
including school children who were on their
way home.

Ngwu Ekere Omu died in 2009 and most of his
gang members were hunted down and
eliminated by members of the Special anti-
Robbery Squad in Enugu and Anambra states.
Police sources said Evans participated actively
in that deadly operation and later, after some of
their gang members including their leader were
killed, he again escaped abroad.

Going into full-time kidnapping

On his return, according to sources, he veered
into full time kidnapping with Lagos as his
base. He used to pose as a spare parts dealer
from South Africa with proceeds of his crime.
Reports also alleged that he participated in
some operations with another notorious killer,
Vampire, who was later killed by the Police
after plotting his escape from Owerri court in
Imo State, while on trial.

Investigations revealed that Evans later linked
up with another notorious kidnapper called
Henry Hunchman in Anambra State and they
coordinated several kidnappings.

They were later chased out of Anambra State
and they fled to Edo State. Evans told
Vanguard during a chat that he teamed up with
one of his friends, Ehis, in Edo state and they
started kidnapping.

He disclosed that Ehis introduced him to some
of his friends known as Benin Papa, Odionose,
Okey and Igbo Papa and they coordinated
several kidnappings.

He further explained that he was forced to
invite his friend, Hunchman, who he said had
heavy arms and ammunition to join them in
Edo State. According to him, ‘’When Hunchman
came in, we carried out two big kidnappings
that yielded N150 million, but Hunchman who
owned the arms and ammunition, ran away
with the money.’’

Escapades during MD Abubakar’s era as IGP
Vanguard investigation also revealed further
that Evans’ activities became so troubling that
the then Inspector -General of Police,
Mohammed Abubakar, deployed one of his key
operatives, Patrick Ejedawe, who was the
Commander of Mopol 2 Squadron Command,
Lagos, to Edo State, to track him and his
members down.

It was learned that Ejedawe, now an Assistant
Commissioner of Police, mopped up all
members of the gang except Evans, Hunch-
man and Sudo, who fled to Ghana.

Sources disclosed that betrayals in the gang
aided the police in mopping up the gang
members, leading to the death of members like
Benin Papa, Odionosa, Okey, Igbo Papa and
many others who were killed by the Police in
gun battles.

Our source further disclosed that Evans,
Hunch-man and Sudo eventually came back to
Nigeria and were based in Lagos, when
Ejedawe was redeployed from Edo State by a
new Inspector-General of Police.

At that point, Evans and his gang terrorised
residents of Festac Town, Amuwo Odofin, Ojo
and Ajao Estate areas of Lagos State before he
was arrested.

www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/took-crime-father-disowned-evans/

lalasticlala, fynestboi, mynd44

Enjoy your stay at the prison..... I no wan hear story

its a lie. you disowned yourself

on behalf of we easterners (Igbos biafra) we hereby disown you Evan.....maybe westerners (conetics afonja) may adopt u....since u were caught trying to develop their land lagos