A few weeks back, the kingpin of kidnappers Chukwudemeje George Onwuamadike also known as Evans was arrested by the Lagos State arm of the Nigerian Police. Police operatives gave comprehensive account on how the criminal was arrested.Abba Kyari, who is the leader of the IGP team who was tracking the location of Evans and his gangs and had planned to round them up together but his plans failed on many accounts as the Kidnap kingpin was always changing locations. This situation made it difficult to get hold of Evans by the police according to media reports. The Inspector General Of Police announced a bounty of N30m which would be given to persons with information about the suspect
A report also said Kyari was searching for Evans, and had mobilized some residents of Magodo Estate, where the suspect resides for helpful information. This effort was not in vein as it yielded results when three women suspected to be the kingpin’s girlfriends, Amaka, Ijeoma and Ngozi were picked up.
Evans was discovered very close to Amaka where he had rented an apartment for her in Okota area of Lagos State. An informant in Magodo informed the police that he had located Evans apartment. Meanwhile, Evans who was unaware that the police operatives had located his Magodo apartment, on Saturday morning contacted Amaka.
Speaking to reporters, the source said he called her on the phone around 4:15pm, without knowing that some policemen were with her and asked her to wait outside her residence to meet him.
“Amaka joined him later but as soon as she got into the car, he reportedly attacked her, threatening to kill her for not informing him about the police presence in her house.
“He got angry and drove away with her in his Grand Cherokee SUV but unfortunately for the kidnap kingpin, they had an accident at Iyana-Ipaja area where he abandoned the vehicle, seized Amaka’s phone and asked her to go home. Afterwards, he picked a cab to his residence at Magodo to pick a few things in an attempt to flee. With no further delay, the police did not hesitate to pin him down right in his bedroom.
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