Evans, drug settling scores: Security agents should beam searchlight on traders - Source

Former and serving policemen, attached to Area E Police, Festac have revealed their headaches, while trying to check the kidnapping activities of Nigerian billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans in their vicinity.

According to them, one of their greatest challenges, was in getting victims of Evans to open after they were released. The policemen said that they couldn’t understand the fear written on the faces of the victims.

They explained that as Evans became more daring, policemen could no longer rest. They worked round the clock and still Evans continued to outwit and continue with his nefarious activities.

Now that Evans had been arrested, these policemen are urging that the police, DSS and NDLEA should begin to beam their searchlights on traders.

One of them noted that right from Evans started abducting victims and the same victims refusing to speak up on their abduction, he started suspecting there was more to it than meet the eyes.

He said: “Evans is not coming out fully with the truth. He is not consistent. He is a liar! We have been reading his stories and we are now beginning to add dots. We now know why his victims refused to talk. Initially, we used to think that they were afraid of him, but it’s now clear, they knew something was going. If Evans said he is into drug trafficking, then security agents should begin to investigate traders in those markets.

“For instance, at Area E Command, we used to receive a lot of reports. They were usually about businesses. Look at it, most of the people Evans was kidnapping are from his area in Anambra State. People knew things, but they were not talking.

“Complainants will come to our station, complaining that they had a business deal with a friend that the business was supposed to fetch N100million or N70millon, but that the friend had refused to pay. Or that the friend refused to pay him fully. Whenever we asked them the nature of the business,  they wouldn’t say. They would tell us not to worry, that they would resolve the matter. Now, it’s clear that a drug trafficking business  or mafia is going on in Festac, especially among traders.”

Another policeman said: “ These complainants used to come always. Sometimes in a week, we can receive close to five cases, but at a point, they stopped coming. They stopped because of our insistence to know the nature of the business that was causing problem. Then the kidnappings started.

“It’s now clear that the kidnapping was a way to settle scores. Perhaps, Evans would kidnap the person who didn’t pay his partner after a drug deal. The person would get Evans to abduct his partner. When Evans collects the ransom, he would give the aggrieved partner his share and collects his.

“When I heard his confessions that he was into drug trafficking and sells spare parts, everything started connecting and adding up. I believe that those he kidnapped are not far from the drug business Evans was doing. It is clear that many of them used spare parts and other businesses as fronts to shield the real business, which is drug trafficking. How can you explain the fact that someone will own a shop, claiming to sell spare parts and then he would be making million dollars.”

Another police added: “ They go to Asian countries, like Malaysia and the rest to do their businesses. The demands for such businesses are high there. So, when they do businesses and they cannot pay, they tell their business partner to go to hell. The partner goes to report to the police, but draws back when asked the nature of the business deal that went sour.

When they realized police wanted to do proper investigation, they started sorting issues themselves. What they do then, is that if they do a business and the person runs away with their money, and they know that they can’t involve the police, they’ll now report to Evans. I want to believe that Evans is good at what he does, except that his charges were too high.

“So they will give him the job, tell him about the person and the amount of money he had in his possession. At the end of the day, the kidnapped victim is not ready to talk too much. The relations of the kidnapped, the people who gave the information and then some of the business people who knew about this, will not want to talk about it. So, the victim can’t come out and tell the whole story. Now, it’s clear this people use their trade business to cover up illegal activities. These people pay money into the banks and nobody cares! Nobody checks how these traders got the kind of money they deposit in banks. Sometimes, they use  police vans, army uniforms, making everyone think an Army General is inside the van. Evans is very crafty.”