Inspector-General
of Police (IG), Ibrahim Idris, has instructed detectives investigating the
billionaire kidnapper, Chukwumeme Onwuamadike aka Evans, to begin X-raying his
various bank accounts.
Evans, who
keeps changing his narratives since his arrest, had earlier confessed that he
had just one account, which is with Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB).
His wife,
Uchenna, buttressing her husband’s claim, insisted that GTB personnel used to
visit their homes.
She said: “The
N20 million he sent to me through transfer was given to one Hausa man to pay
into an account in Ghana to be used in paying our rent and furnish the house in
Ghana. I know he banks with GTB only. Their staff used to visit us in the
house.”
A day after his
arrest, Evans told our correspondent that although he collects ransom in
dollars, he didn’t have a domiciliary account.
But some of his
victims, on Evans orders, routed payment of ransom to South Africa. But he also
denied this.
Asked where he
used to keep his dollars, he said: “I can’t figure out how much I have
collected so far or how many people I have kidnapped, but I have kidnapped up
to 10 since 2015. The highest amount I have collected was $1 million 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. 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. I was
able to evade police arrest because I was too wise. I am the only surviving
member of our initial gang. I learnt kidnapping from China who was also killed.
I formed my gang and my members formed their own gang which is an ad hoc gang.”
Police are
working on the theory that Evans’ wife disappeared to Ghana with the bulk of
his money after the couple realised police were closing in on the suspect.
On Sunday,
Evans elaborated the banks he uses to keep his money as Fidelity, First and
Diamond banks.
According to a
source at the Force Headquarters, the police had already started working on
Evans’ accounts in Nigeria.
The police also
believe that the suspect has offshore accounts, even though he had vehemently
denied it, insisting that he had only travelled to Ghana.
The Force
spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood, on June 11, had disclosed that the police were
working with international police (INTERPOL) in investigation of Evans.
The source
said: “I understand that the IG has instructed the policemen investigating
Evans to begin X-raying his bank accounts in Nigeria. They had already obtained
court to freeze the accounts and get the account balances.”
The source said
that although Evans had mentioned some banks, they were going to investigate
further to find out if he had other accounts he might be shielding from the
investigators.
Already,
preliminary investigations have revealed that the bank accounts don’t bear
Evans’ names. Moreover, nobody seemed to be sure of the suspect’s real name.
The source
said: “The bank accounts were opened using company names. Police are still
investigating.”
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