*I've not heard from my
sister since she got married- elder brother
The in-laws of the Nigerian billionaire
kidnap kingpin Chukwudi Dumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans, yesterday denied any
knowledge of the recent arrest of their son in-law by the police.
According to Mr. Chukwuemeka Okoye, elder
brother to Mrs. Uchenna Uchenna Onwuamadike, (Evans wife), he had not set his
eyes on his younger sister since she got married in 2006.
Okoye, who spoke in an exclusive
interview with New Telegraph at his country home, at Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local
Government Area of Anambra State, said that his sister had not been of the best
behavior since she got married.
Okoye said that Uchenna didn’t come
to the village after their dad, who had been sick before she got married died
in 2014.
He noted that he had not seen his
younger sister and her husband for years. According to him, he might not even recognize
Evans if he comes across him. Okoye said that he doesn’t communicate with Uchenna
or Evans.
Even when the picture of Evans and Uchenna
were shown to him, Okoye said he didn’t recognse them.
His words: “Since Uchenna left our
former house as a result of marriage to a Nnewi man, (pointing at the old house
where they all grew up), I have not set eyes on her, nor spoken with her. She
didn’t even attend the burial of our father who was sick even before she got
married. I heard they were living overseas. It was my in-law (Chukwudumeje’s
father) that came for condolence after my father died.
“We are here suffering a lot. As you
can see, I just returned from the farm. I’m a farmer. I also do menial job, in
order to get immediate payment to take care of my family. I live in this
village with my four children and younger sister. I am shocked at the story I
am hearing. I don’t have a digital phone to be able to know what is happening.
My mother was taken away by another of my in-law to the north because she has diabetes
and Tuberculosis. I am here alone with my family. When Uchenna got married, I
was still single, but now I have four children and she doesn’t even know any of
my children.
“This house, which my family and
live, is built by my elder brother. He is in South Africa.”
The cousin of Mrs. Uchenna
Onwuamadike, Reverend Emmanuel Okoye, said that as a little girl years back, he
knew Uchenna to be of good behavior. He said that time and people change, thus
he couldn’t vouch for her behavior presently.
The Reverend added: “We all used to
live together as a family in that old house you are seeing, (pointed at an
adjacent four bedroom bungalow) but at some point problem started. We were
advised by the head of our clan to leave the house for them. We left and my
elder brother built this one we are living in now. You can see their new house
is well fenced. We don’t have any good communication flow since that time. I
can’t tell much about them now.”
Uchenna’s old family house though,
not fenced is still there with their eldest brother out of the thirteen
children of the family occupying it.
When New Telegraph reporter got to
the new house, a 19 year old woman with a two-year-old child refused to open
the gate. The woman said the gate was locked from inside. She said she was
willing to answer questions while inside.
It was when her husband, Chukwuemeka
(elder brother of Uchenna) arrived with his bike from the farm, carrying cassava
sticks, that the woman opened the big started and started smiling at the
reporter.
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