Last Wednesday, Chukwudumeje Onwuamadike, aka Evans,entered a
guilty plea during his arraignment for kidnapping .
Prior to his appearance in Court, Evan had revealed the identities of his accomplices, who gave him information about his targets.
The arrested suspects, who spoke to Vanguard made shocking
revelations about how they were recruited, their remuneration and modus of
operation among others.
They described Evans as a wicked man, who cheated and took advantage of them.
They described Evans as a wicked man, who cheated and took advantage of them.
Victor, 28-year-old dismissed
soldier from Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra
State told Vanguard thus:
“ I joined the Nigeria Army on
August 15, 2009. I was posted to Abati Barracks. I went into crime in the year
2015. My income was low and it wasn’t enough to fend for my family. One of my friends who is also from my home
town known as Ikenna, led me into crime. He brought one of his friends, known
as Skudo. They told me that Skudo was an importer. He told me that he imported
clothes from China and we became friends. I used to escort him to his village
whenever he was travelling and he paid me handsomely.
Sometime in January 2015, he called me and asked that I should meet him
at Ago-Palace Way where he claimed he lived with his family. ‘’He told me that
there was a man owning him money and he needed me to come with my army uniform
so that I could intimidate the man with my uniform.
When I got there I saw Skudo, Ikenna, Evans and another person inside the
car. The front seat was empty and I entered and sat on it. We drove towards
Ajao Estate. Ikenna and Skudo brought
out two rifles and when I saw them I was shocked. I asked what they were doing but Evans gave
me a hot slap. He told me that I was now
part of their group. Then they brought out a cup filled with gin and a bullet
in it and they asked me to swear never to disclose what I saw to anyone.
After that Evans got a call from someone about someone he had been
monitoring. Evans drove fast and he caught up with the person and kidnapped
him. Skudo, Ikenna and the other man came out of the vehicle and kidnapped the
man. While on our way, I saw a man on a power bike and I suspected he was the
person giving information to Evans. ‘’ He asked us to all alight from the
vehicle and gave me N5000, promising to call me. One month later Skudo called
and gave N200,000 as my share, saying the balance of the money would be paid later.
One month after that Skudo called again and said Evans said I should come
for my balance. When I got to Ago and entered his vehicle, I sat in the front
and we drove into Festac Town where we kidnapped a man. One month after, Skudo
called and gave me N1.8million as my share. Also took part in two other
kidnappings in Amuwo Odofin and Satellite Towns where I was given N800,000 each
as my share.
Evans didn’t pay me for the last
operation and he stopped calling me for jobs. I spent most of the money on
women and hotels. I also got married with part of the money.”
Another soldier, Lance Corporal
Chilaka Ifeanyi, who was arrested by the police and dismissed by the army in
connection with Evans, said he didn’t
partake in any kidnapping with Evans. The 30-year-old who is from Mbaise
area of Imo State said;
“ I am also attached to the band core of the Nigeria Army at Abati
Barracks. A brother of one of my colleagues got me into this mess. His name is
Ikenna and I knew him through my colleague, Nnoso. Last year Ikenna came to my
house. I met him at Cele bus stop and we
went to Ago together. We drove around in
Festac looking for a target but we didn’t get the person after which I left.
After Evans was arrested, my colleague was also arrested and the Police came
for me.
We were both dismissed from the army but nobody wants to believe that I
had no hand in this.’’ Evans duped me when I sold my community rifles to
him—Udeme Another suspect, who identified himself as Frank Udeme said he sold Ak47 rifles belonging to
his community stated that Evans short-paid him and ran away with his rifles. “
Evans duped me and ran away with my money when I sold our community rifle to
him.
I met him through one of my friends
known as Emeka. The rifle belongs to our
community and we used it in protecting our community. As a community leader,
the rifles were in my custody and I decided to sell them because we were no
longer having communal wars. Emeka took
me to Evans in Port Harcourt and he gave me N250,000. We agreed that he would pay the balance of
N300,000 when the rifles arrived in
Lagos State. I chartered a bus
from my town and we took the rifles to him in Lagos. After taking possession of
the rifles, Evans disappeared. I didn’t
see him again until I was arrested. ‘’
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