Evans has also reportedly admitted that he was once arrested for armed robbery in Lagos
The police high command has ordered a full-scale investigation into how Evans regained freedom after his arrest
The police high command has ordered a full-scale investigation into how Evans regained freedom after his arrest
The
Nigeria Police Force has launched an investigation into how alleged
billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamdike, aka Evans, regained
freedom in 2006 after he was arrested for armed robbery in Lagos state.
The
investigation follows a revelation by a senior police officer that
Evans was arrested in 2006, after his gang of robbers attacked a
commercial bank in Lagos.
The
senior police officer whose name has been concealed to protect him from
prosecution, had said the robbers went somewhere around the National
Arts Theatre, Iganmu, to share the loot.
The
source said while sharing the loot, the robbers had a disagreement and
shot one another. Seven members of the gang reportedly died instantly
while three of the suspects, including Evans were arrested.
The
senior officer said his team also went to Mbidi police station, Imo
state, for investigation, where two other gang members were arrested.
He
however, said a police woman identified as Tina at the Band Section of
Police College, Lagos pushed for Evans’ release on the grounds that he
was her brother.
“There
was a police woman at the Band Section of Police College, Lagos, Tina,
who insisted that we dropped the case as Evans was her brother.
She
traveled to Imo State. Not long after she returned, we got a message
from the Imo State Police Command that the command had been searching
for Evans and requested we transferred the case,” the officer said.
Evans has also reportedly confessed to the 2006 armed robbery attack on a
bank and the shooting of seven persons.
Now
the police high command has ordered a full-scale investigation into the
matter to determine if any officer helped Evans regain freedom or if
the court freed him.
A
top police source told the Guardian that if found culpable, those
police officers, would face the law whether they are still in the force
or not. “Following his confession, the police authorities want to know
how Evans was freed from the armed robbery offence, the police want to
know who the police woman Tina is and whether she played a vital role in
the release of Evans.
We
want to know whether other officers were also involved or if the court
freed Evans. “I assure you that if Evans was released without due
process, those police officers, whether they are still in the force or
not would be fished out and made to face the law.
We
will get to the root of the matter. Heads will roll if policemen were
responsible for shielding an armed robbery case,” the source said.
According
to the suspect, he was unfair to only one of his victims. He also
insisted that he does not collect ransome using banks because he could
be traced easily.
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