After weeks of world furore in addition to media frenzy, a abrupt blackout has descended on the instance of Chukwuduneme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, Nigeria’s infamous billionaire kidnapper, therefore fuelling speculations that he’s escaped, or dead.
Saturday Sun has nevertheless gathered that Evans is non dead equally his household unit of measurement at in i trial fears only has been moved from the Lagos law command headquarters jail mobile telephone past times close xxx heavily armed men at midnight few days agone to an undisclosed destination. Some senior law officers inwards the know told Sabbatum Sunday he was moved to Abuja
Indeed, inwards the concluding few days, a palpable quiet seemed to convey enshrouded the Evans phenomenon. Where is Evans? It is a enquiry the law is non prepared to officially reply correct now. H5N1 homo who hitherto divulged the details of his criminal life to Earth almost on a daily footing is all of a abrupt no longer accessible to fifty-fifty the press corps.
All a Saturday Sun reporter who visited the nation law command was told was that Evans is no longer allowed to verbalise to the press till farther notice. The secrecy surrounding his whereabouts inwards the official quarters baffles those who convey closely followed his floor since his arrest.
After days of sniffing around the Lagos law formations to instruct information on Evans whereabouts, it was gathered that the kidnap kingpin had been moved out of the Lagos command headquarters days agone past times heavily armed policemen in addition to is yet to endure returned.
Police had concluding calendar week said they had got a courtroom social club to detain him for 3 months to grade them plenty fourth dimension to consummate their investigation. This followed 2 suits filed past times Evans lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, at the High Court seeking his loose in addition to claiming N300m damages from the police.
Some senior law officers who spoke to Sabbatum Sunday on status of anonymity expressed fears that Evans powerfulness non arrive to the court. They argued that he powerfulness plot his escape from prison, or instruct across to some of his members who are soundless on the run. Their concerns are non farfetched, given that several inmates inwards the past times had reportedly committed much heinous crimes fifty-fifty spell inwards prison.
Some of the officers confirmed that Evans was no longer inwards the law jail mobile telephone inwards Lagos. “He has non been returned since he was moved out. Evans is a broken man; law can’t resort to extra-judicial killings at this point. He is cooperating, in addition to he is cook to assist provide all his ill-gotten wealth equally before long equally possible”, i of the officers said.
Another reliable source at the law command told Sabbatum Sunday “Evans is non an ordinary criminal. I gauge that they took him out for farther investigation only I don’t know why they are yet to provide him to his cell.” The source farther assured: “No i is planning to kill Evans. I believe that they volition provide him later. He could endure inwards whatever expert jail mobile telephone inwards the nation for safety reasons, only I tin assure you lot that he is non dead yet. Even if anything happens to him, if he dies inwards custody, it volition endure equally a upshot of cancer which he claims he is suffering from.”
Yet some other senior law officeholder who preferred anonymity assured that Evans is okay. “He is okay in addition to seriously cooperating with the law inwards its investigation. From the hold off of things, he powerfulness non pass upward to 3 months inwards detention earlier he’s charged to court. As for his location, I assure you lot that he is inwards a protective custody somewhere out of town.” The officeholder who reinforced fears inside the law circle, said that “a criminal is ever a criminal,” adding that, “with the bring out of robbery cases in addition to kidnappings to his credit, he is good known amid criminals.”
He told Sabbatum Sun: “Within the curt menstruation that he spent inwards our cell, he is already controlling inmates inwards the cell. They fright in addition to honour him; nosotros create non desire to run the adventure of allowing him to shape some other notorious grouping which is mutual alongside them.”
On why his household unit of measurement is yet to instruct access to him, the officeholder said that they are yet to approach the police. “A lot of his household unit of measurement members benefitted from his ill-gotten wealth, then they are afraid to come upward unopen to the law station.
Evans confirmed that he bought a motorcar for his manlike mortal raise in addition to also gave him N3m. The law volition recover such coin in addition to properties.
We volition before long instruct a warrant to option his manlike mortal raise upward in addition to perchance his mother, who also benefitted.”
Calls in addition to text messages to both the Lagos Police Spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole in addition to the Force PRO, Moshood Jimoh on the official put of the Police on Evans’ whereabouts were neither answered nor responded to equally at 10pm yesterday.
The Sun