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We Are Being Presurised To Release Evans The Kidnapper – Nigerian Police

Published

25 June 2017

1:13 AM

The Lagos State unit of the Nigerian Police has revealed that ti under pressure to release billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans.
Evans was arrested a fortnight ago at his mansion at Magodo Estate, Lagos for multiple kidnappings.

The Nigerian police had place a N30 million bounty on him as a reward for any useful information that could lead to his arrest. The notorious kidnapper has been on the police wanted list for over seven years.

Acting Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Galadanshi Dasuki while briefing news men on Saturday at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja, said that the Police were not in a rush to release Evans , inspite of calls from different quarters to do so.

He said : ” Evans has been a kidnapper for a long time and has been on the wanted list of the Police in Anambra, Abuja , Enugu, Edo and Lagos states. He also has a criminal gang, some of whom have been arrested in Enugu and Lagos. But there are still more out there. Therefore, this needs a painstaking investigation

Besides, we need to under study him as well as debrief him . By so doing, we intend to use his tactics to get others. He will eventually be charged to court after investigation is concluded” .