Following his arrest by the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Dumeme Onuamadike, also known as Evans, has revealed he was able to elude the police for over 10 years even after he was declared wanted in 2013.
The now sober Evans who was paraded at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja on Sunday, June 11, 2017, traced his journey into the crime world and how he started from his home in Anambra State during the regime of former Governor Peter Obi but had to relocate to Edo State when the heat was too much for him.
From Edo State, he moved down to Lagos where he became one of the biggest kidnap kingpins keeping as many as seven gangs which made it impossible for the police to pin him down.
Evans who confessed that he made billions from kidnapping and invested heavily in properties, said he bought two mansions in the Magodo Phase II GRA in Lagos valued at over N300 million with two other houses in Accra, where his wife and five children live.
Evans spoke to Pulse during his parade alongside members of his gang including Uchechukwu Amadi and his wife, Ogechi, Chukwudi Nwosu alias Skido, Felix Chinemerem, the second in command in the gang, Chukwuemeka Ikenna Bosah, and Suoyo Paul aka Nwana, the gang's armourer.
How did you start as a kidnapper?
“My friend, known as Hunch Man, introduced me to kidnapping and after a few operations during Peter Obi’s administration, we were forced to leave the state and we moved to Edo State. I had some boys from Warri, Delta State, working with me."
How many kidnappings did you carry out then?
“We carried out two big kidnappings where our victims paid N80 million and N100 million respectively. In 2013, I came to Lagos and I went straight to Festac Town.
Before I came to Festac, I had already established contacts with some boys. One of the jobs we did was that of the owner of Young Shall Grow Motors, Chief Vincent Obianodo."
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