“I have dual citizenship – Nigeria and Ghana. I got visa for my family in Ghana because I couldn’t get it in Nigeria. I have not left Nigeria since 2007 that I returned from South Africa but my family usually travelled and I also give money to people to buy whatever I need or I buy online.”

It is still unclear if the police would arrest his mother as an “accessory after the fact”. And also apply for the extradition of Evans’ wife from Canada to face justice either as an accomplice or accessory after the fact. A police source told CHECKPOINTCHARLEY that no decisions have been made at the moment. But said it remains a possibility.

Evans also revealed how he collected $4million and N22million from 10 of his Lagos victims.

From the ransom paid, he lived like a king, living in Magodo, a highbrow neighborhood of Lagos. He drove luxury vehicles, including a Mercedes G-Wagon, wore designer wristwatches and had expensive mobile telephone handsets. He had two house in Lagos, 2 four-bedroom duplexes in Ghana, among some of his properties.

But he told reporters on Sunday, “The highest amount I have collected is $1million from Festac. I don’t know my net worth. I don’t have any money in the bank. I operate only one account. I collect dollars because it’s my choice. It’s not true that victims pay money to an account in South Africa.”

“I am feeling bad. People who are still into kidnapping should quit. They should learn from what has happened to me,” he told reporters as he was paraded at the Lagos Command Headquarters in Ikeja. Others paraded are Felix Chinemerem, Nwosu Chikodi Chukwuma (aka Sado), 42, Suoyo Paul (aka Nwana), 42, Ikenna Emeka, 28, Uchechukwu Amadi and Ogechi Amadi.

Police spokesman Jimoh Moshood, CSP, who paraded him and his gang, hinted that Evans ran a highly sophisticated syndicate, where members did not know themselves.

The kidnap kingpin from Nnewi, told the story of his life and how he dabbled into kidnapping after losing all his money as spare-parts importer after the Customs seized his good worth N25million and after his attempt to find a new life in South Africa failed.

He said: “I was into auto spare parts importation but lost all my money (over N25m) when Customs seized my goods. From there, I relocated to South Africa, where I started peddling drugs. But along the line, my business partner shot me and passed me off as dead. I recuperated, returned to Nigeria and decided to start kidnapping rich men for ransom.”

Evans recounted how he started the illicit business under the late notorious Chyna, saying that he was among those who attempted to kidnap the owner of Young Shall Grow Motors, Chief Vincent Obianodo.

Two members of the gang, including the Warri-born Chyna were killed in the failed operation, he said. He then started his own gang, revealing  that he had six men in Lagos, who he sent to any part of the country to operate.

They went in groups of three or four to execute any mission and that others were recruited for particular operations and discharged once the job was done, Evans added

Evans claimed that he never killed; “most killings were done by his gang members.”

He named, Urchman, Uche and Nnamdi as those who carried the gang’s weapons, while Chinedu and Ehis brought contacts and names of those to be kidnapped.

Evans said: “Once the victims pay the ransom, the money goes to the people who own it. I don’t have a boss but some people own the money. Does money stay with a human being? (He queried reporters in Igbo).

“I have people heading different sections. There are two gangs that work for me in every operation.  It is not all the time I follow them for the job. Most times, I control them on phone. The two gangs do not know themselves and neither of them knows my house.

“Most of our victims are targetted and picked along the road or before they enter their homes. We do not pick victims from their homes”.

Evans believes his arrest was only possible because it was “time for me to be arrested; that was why I was caught because I have always been in Nigeria”.

“I am suffering from abdominal cancer and I am always on drug,” he said.

“Uche Amadin is incharge of the detention camp at Igando. At first, I told him I was into International business (drugs) but along the line, he knew it was kidnapping and he stayed with me. He was the one who brought his wife into it not me because he was the one who said I should rent a house for them with his wife’s name.”

Chinemerem, 36, on his own said Evans usually called them and sent messages with hidden numbers whenever the need arose, said he met the kingpin when he (Chinemerem) returned from Malaysia.  he claimed that the highest amount he collected from Evans was N200,000, which he described as a gift.

Ogechi Amadin, the suspect’s cook, claimed that she knew nothing about the gang. The former petty trader in Port Harcourt said her husband used her name to get an accommodation at Igando.

According to her, her husband told her he was going into drug business and wanted to relocate them to Lagos, adding that she agreed that her name be used to secure the accommodation and contacted her friend, Ngozi, for help. said she had only visited the place once (last July), adding that her husband sent her N600,000 once for their rent and children’s school fees in Rivers State.

Mr. Moshood explained how the gang operated, “In every kidnap attack, he has a separate armed group that takes victims with them and has another armed group that takes the victims to their hideouts and prevents them from escaping. The members of the two groups do not know themselves. They comply with his instructions.

“This is a huge success for Nigeria Police. The force would build on this success and continue to prevent kidnap cases and criminality in the country.  He has two mansions in Magodo GRA Phase II worth about N300million. He has two houses in highbrow area of Accra, Ghana, among many other properties, such as exotic cars, expensive watches, jewellery he bought from ransom.”

Evans went into sophisticated kidnapping after his return from Cape Town, South Africa in 2007, after he survived a gunshot wounds inflicted on him by his drug trafficking partner.

The fear of Evans was the beginning of wisdom and landlords in Festac Town, Amuwo Odofin were said to have abandoned their homes and relocated to Lagos island to avoid being kidnapped.

Below are some of Evans’ victims as listed by the Nation:

• Director, Ocean Glory Commodities, Apapa, Paul Cole, 34, from Ohafia in Abia State was kidnapped on August 3, 2012, at Festac Town together with the firm’s General Manager, Jude Ugoje and a worker, Piriye Gogo. They were taken to an unknown destination by members of Evans’ gang and were released on August 6 after N5million ransom was paid to the gang around Maza-maza on the outskirts of Lagos.
• A Lebanese, Mohammed Jamal, 22, fell victim to the gang on August 19, 2012 at Ajah. He was blindfolded and whisked away by three armed men. He was released after N7million was collected at Ojo Barracks.
• Kingsley Nwokenta, 34, was kidnapped September 19, 2012, at Mile Two Under bridge, after he left Lebanana Bar in Festac. He paid N1.5million ransom. The gang took his black Toyota Venza and other things.
• Anthony Ozoanidobi, 41, was kidnapped on October 10, 2012, on Marwa Road, Satellite Town. He paid N1.5million and was dropped at Apple Junction, Amuwo-Odofin.
• Leo Abraham, 58, was kidnapped on August 20, 2012. He secured his release after paying N5million. He was later dropped on Badagry Road, Lagos.
• Aspanda, Trade Fair businessman Cosmas Ojukwu, 45, was kidnapped January 21, last year at Festac Town. The amount and manner of his release remain unclear.
• Chief James Uduji was picked up close to his Seventh Avenue, Festac Town residence. He was detained for six weeks. The gang collected $1million.
• Chief Raymond Okoye was kidnapped in 2015 and was detained for two months until his relatives raised $1million.
• A trader, Uche Okoroafor, was whisked away in 2015 and held captive for three months until his family paid $1million.
• Another businessman, Elias Ukachukwu, was kidnapped in November 2015. He paid $1million. But the kidnappers refused to release him after collecting the initial ransom. They demanded another $1million on grounds that the victim’s relatives were rude to them. Ukachukwu stayed in their den for several months and it is unclear how and when he regained freedom.
• Francis Umeh, an Aspanda auto parts dealer, was kidnapped in July 2016 at Raji Rasaki Estate, Ago Palace Way, Okota. He spent two months in the kidnappers’ den and paid an undisclosed amount of dollars.
• Evans and his gang met their waterloo with the kidnap of billionaire pharmacist Innocent Duru, who they wanted to kill after collecting a ransom. The victim was with the kidnappers at 21, Prophet Asaye Close, New Igando in Lagos for over five months. He eventually escaped and gave the police the information which led to the busting of the gang.

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