…Evans: It’s a lie!
*162 phone lines traced
* Mother runs to Bayelsa State
* Police: We’re not aware of N30m bounty on Evans
The police, yesterday, disclosed that it has traced
addition 36 phone lines to Nigerian billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudi Dumeme
Onuamadike, aka Evans, after earlier narrowing down 126.
This brings Evans phone lines, which he uses for
operation to 162.
According to police source, out of the 162 phone
lines, Evans had a dedicated line to four persons. These persons are those
close to his heart.
When police scrutinized the dedicated phone line,
they discovered that he uses it to call only his friend, sister, mother and
Amaka, his favourite mistress.
Amaka is said to be the wife of a gang member, who
died in the course of ‘duty’ and Evans took over her and her children. Although
he had four mistresses including, Amaka, but the woman, who already had
children for her for her late husband, was the only mistress he calls on the
dedicated phone line.
One of Evans’ gang members, Nwosu Chikodi Chukwuma
aka Skudo, however, told investigators that Amaka’s husband didn’t die during
operation, but was killed by Evans. When Evans was asked, he denied the
allegation.
IRT operatives have also discovered that Evans’
Thuraya’s phone, valued at N2.4, defies tracking and tracing.
The suspect told police that the Thuraya phone,
which doesn’t makes use of SIM card and only works with satellite, was his
preferred phone for usage during negotiation for ransom.
Detectives revealed that the phone is the type used
by the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekaru and other terrorists to evade
tracking and arrest.
A police source: “The Thuraya phone can’t be
tracked. It can get signal anywhere, either under the sea or jungle. It works
with satellite and it doesn’t make use of SIM card.
On Wednesday, the New Telegraph went Evan’s family
home, in Nnewi, Anabra State, where her brother, claimed not to know her
whereabouts.
Yesterday, police disclosed that it has narrowed
their search for the woman to Bayelsa State. The police source noted that the
woman bolted to Bayelsa State after hearing about the arrest of her son.
As police continued to dig out Evans’ criminal
activities, they have discovered that his wife, also from Anambra State, is a
sister a kidnapper kingpin, killed in Anambra State. It was gathered that
rocket launchers were found in his home and government also demolished his
building.
The officer in charge of the Inspector General of
Police Special Response Team (IRT), Mr Abba Kyari, who led in the hunt and
arrest Evans, said: “Evans almost got away with his crimes. No criminal has
given me this kind of headache in my career. Not even the case of Godogodo or
Vampire. I hardly sleep. Even when I’m in the toilet, I would be analysing over
100 numbers, checking out those he had conversations with. What we have
gathered is like a book now. But the case was a hard nut to crack until we
found something interesting in one particular number. Out of the all the phone
lines, it was the only number that he was using to communicate with family
members in Nnewi. We followed up on that, and he was nailed.”
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai
Owoseni, before the arrest, said placed an N30million bounty on Evans.
According to him, the bounty placement was made on behalf of the Inspector
General of Police, Ibrahim Idris.
Yesterday, the New Telegraph made moves to find out
the person that would collect the bounty since Evans had been arrested.
The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Jimoh
Moshood, reacting to the question, denied knowledge of a N30 million bounty the
Police placed on Evans.
When New Telegraph made enquiry on what the position
of the Police was, in the face of Evans' arrest, Moshood asked: "Where did
you see that? I'm not aware of that announcement."
Pressed further, the FPRO said: "You need to
find out which IG did that. I'm not aware; it's not to my knowledge."
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