LAGOS — Barely 48 hours after the arrest of
notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Onuamadike
a.k.a Evans, in his palatial mansion in Lagos,
police sources, yesterday, disclosed that the
dreaded leader of the gang has started singing
like a canary, naming high-profile accomplices.
Evans, notorious kidnapper
It was gathered that detectives investigating the
case were kept busy, yesterday, taking him round
Lagos, with a view to rounding up all those he
had so far named. This is even as the Department of State Service,
DSS, announced yesterday it had smashed a 15-
man kidnap gang that had been terrorising Edo
State and its environs, led by a dismissed soldier,
Lance Corporal Samaila Madu. DSS also said it
has made progress in tackling the spread of
insurgents fleeing military operations in the
North-East towards Kaduna and its environs.
On the arrest of the kidnap don in Lagos,
sources said some of the investigators left Lagos
in the early hours in search of other named
accomplices said to be outside Lagos, especially
Edo, Umuahia, Aba, Onitsha and Nnewi, his home
town, where he held sway for long until he
relocated to Lagos. Efforts, according to
sources, are also in top gear to locate his
properties scattered all over the towns where he
operated.
Vanguard learned that they have also
strengthened security around the kidnap kingpin
based on intelligence reports that some of the
high-profile accomplices are gearing up to find
means of silencing their leader to stop him from
exposing them.
However, the sources assured that security
around the suspects remains tight.
“We have stern directives from Abuja, nobody will
toy with these suspects, people that gave us
sleepless nights for many years?
“Do you know how happy we are after the arrest
of, especially, their leader, Evans? We have
directives to round up all suspected accomplices,
whether high or low, and they all will go for it,”
the sources said.
The break that led to Evans’ arrest
Meanwhile, more details emerged, yesterday, on
how the gang leader, Evans, was arrested. Police
sources said the final operation that led to the
big break started within the week after the
Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris,
detailed three special teams attached to his
office to complement efforts of his Intelligence
Response Team, led by ACP Abba Kyari, in the
manhunt for Evans.
Vanguard gathered that as soon as they arrived
Lagos, intelligence reports indicated that the
gang leader was relaxing in a location with a
friend.
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