Robbery: Mother got me out of police net –Evans

     Gang member shot me after bank robbery 11 years ago

·      Suspect has links in South Africa, Ghana

The suspected Nigerian billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, yesterday, recanted his story that the bullet wound on his shoulder was from a drug war in South Africa.

Evans, yesterday, recanted his earlier narrative after investigators presented him with allegations made against him by a retired police officer in a national daily.

The retired officer was once the former officer in charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command.

According the policeman, 11 years ago, Evans was held for bank robbery, but later released by a woman Superintendent of police.

Asked why he didn’t prosecute Evans back then, the officer said: “There was a policewoman at the Band Section of the Police College, Lagos. She was known as Tina, a Superintendent of Police (SP). She insisted that we should drop the case and that Evans was her brother. But when she was unable to achieve her aim, she travelled to Imo State. Not long after, we got a message from the Imo State Police Command that they had been searching for Evans and asked us to transfer the case to them so they could continue from where we stopped. Since that time, we did not hear anything. We heard he was later released there.”

The police officer explained that in 2006, robbers attacked a commercial bank in Lagos and went to Iganmu, to share the money. They had disagreement over sharing formula and opened fire on one another. Seven members of the gang died instantly.

One of those later arrested was Evans. He was shot by his gang member. He was arrested because he couldn’t run. He had lost much blood.

The senior officer said that back then, Evans was known as Chukwudi.

According to the retiree, there was also a time that Evans’ gang robbed three banks in Alaba International Market in 2005.

He urged the leader of the investigators, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari to take as long as possible to investigate Evans.

The retired officer reportedly said: “Evans has links in South Africa, Ghana and other places. I know him. Bank robbery and hijacking of bullion vans are easy for him and his gang members.”

He alleged that Evans had a penchant for shooting and killing any member he suspected.

One of the police investigators, who interviewed Evans following the newspaper report said: “The bullet wounds are from disagreement over sharing of loot after bank robbery in Lagos in 2006. Evans and his gang members shot one another. Many gang members died, while Evans survived with bullet wounds. Evans has confessed to the bank robbery, shooting and bullet wounds.

“Evans had been denying about how he got that bullet wound for long. But when we showed the newspaper report, he caved in and confessed that the report was true. He said they robbed banks and started shooting one another over sharing of the money. He said that it was his mother, working through the policewoman that got him out of police custody.”