Lance Corporal Victor Chukwunonso, the soldier arrested Friday by the police and a reliable accomplice in the kidnapping escapades of notorious kidnapper, Chukwudi Onwuamadike alias Evans has been singing from his detention room, a police source told our reporter on Sunday. According to our source, Chukwunonso ( meaning God is near) has told his interrogators that he was lured by the big money he was promised and paid for each operation.
Hesaid he had accompanied Evans on three different kidnap operations in Lagos, and got N2 million, N1.5 million and N3 million respectively as his shares, adding that he had never seen such amount of money before. He admitted that he was sucked into the illicit kidnap business by the faithfulness of Evans who he said never delayed or reneged on what he promised to reward you with.
The Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) had arrested the soldier in Lagos for allegedly being part of Evans’ gang..
The police team led by ACP Abba Kyari arrested the soldier after weeks of surveillance.
The Lance Corporal, identified was arrested on Friday at about 9 p.m. in Ojo area of Lagos. This followed the confession made by Evans. Chukwunonso was a member of the army band at Abalti Barrack, Surulere, Lagos.
A police source said that the kidnap kingpin had told policemen during interrogation that some notable people collaborated with him in his operations for seven years.
The source said the soldier in his confessional statement, said he had accompanied Evans in three different kidnap operations in Lagos, and got N2 million, N1.5 million and N3 million respectively as his shares.
“There are serious efforts to apprehend other gang members and efforts will be made to arrest others,’’ the source said.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Lagos State in charge of Administration, Dansuki Galadanchi, had denied media report that the command released one Emeka, who gave out his boss to Evans and his gang members.
Galadanchi said that after Emeka’s boss, Chief Donatus Duru escaped from the kidnappers’ detention camp in Igando, the suspect was arrested and charged to Ebute-Meta Magistrate Court 2 and was remanded in prison afterwards.
“It came as a surprise to the police, when a television station reported that the suspect escaped from the police custody.
“Emeka was never in our custody, we charged him to court immediately we arrested him, how come they now said we allowed him to escape from our custody, that is not true,” he said.
