The Police have nabbed a notorious kidnapper in Nigeria who specialized in abducting high profile persons and collecting billions of naira as ransom from their families.
He was arrested at his house in Magodo by the inspector- General’s intelligence Response Team led by ACP Abba Kyari.
The suspect known as Chukwudidumeme Onuamadike, hails from Anambra state.
The 36 year old reportedly kept his victims for up to 7 months in Captivity until the families paid 300 to 400 Million Naira as ransom in Several Installments.
He was nabbed inside Magodo Phase II around noon yesterday, marking an end to a near decade-long manhunt by law enforcement authorities.
“IRT headquarters in Abuja is celebrating the arrest of the most wanted brilliant and notorious high profile kidnapper in Nigeria. He has collected several billions of Naira as ransom in the last seven years as the kingpin of kidnappers. He was arrested at about 1.00p.m on Saturday in his residence in Magodo Estate, Lagos,” Kyari said.
He commended the Force Headquarters for mobilising the resources to go all out against the “richest and most notorious kidnapper” in the history of Nigeria.
Kyari said the Inspector-General had directed that the suspect should be paraded before newsmen on Sunday in Lagos.
Also, Police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, who confirmed the development, said Onuamadike’s arrest was a major success and a morale booster in the war against incessant kidnapping, which has become a lucrative enterprise for hardened criminals in recent years.
Moshood, a chief superintendent of police, said the suspect was arrested by police intelligence monitoring unit put together by the Inspector-General, Ibrahim Idris.
“Millions of Nigerians in different parts of the a country who dreaded this suspect will now be able to sleep with their two eyes closed,” Moshood said.
According to online reports, the police first caught wind of Onuamadike’s activities when he allegedly began terrorising residents of several Lagos neighbourhoods, especially Festac Town and its environs.
It was in Festac that Onuamadike allegedly masterminded the abduction of Vincent Obianudo, the billionaire owner of Young Shall Grow Motors, in 2013.
Onuamadike, a.k.a.: Evans, has presence in the South-South corridor, where he allegedly established many kidnap formations that operated in major settlements along the East-West Road, including the Port-Harcourt and Warri, both with a high number of oil workers, according to reports.
Moshood said the suspect had allegedly devised a unique method of extracting ransom from victims. “He keeps his victims for up to six to seven months in captivity until when their families pay amounts ranging from N300 to 400 million as ransom in several installments,” the police spokesperson said.
Dozens of suspects attached to Onuamadike’s kidnap formations across the country have been killed in shootouts with law enforcement officers since 2010, the police said.
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Nigerians are here for bad business, our government agrees with them, they must say hay while sun shines, everything comes to an end, one day they’ll go back to Nigeria without looking back. The most filthy, dirty, cruel and evil nation who only think for themselves, ruling countries not theirs being scared of their own home ground.