THE SCENT OF A
WOMAN: HIS LOVE, LURED HIM...
* We had no clue
who he was for years – ACP Abba Kyari
* We picked four of
his girlfriends and discovered that Amaka is the one he loves so much.
* No one saw Evans'
picture till the day he was arrested.
* None of the
victims reported to us
* He has so many
lands in Anambra. He refused to develop them because of the law in Anambra that
any house suspected to be used by kidnappers will be demolished.
Excited ACP Abba
Kyari, officer in charge of the Police Intelligence Response Team(IRT) that
busted Evans, told Saturday Sun reporter that his arrest was the most
challenging case he had ever cracked in his years in the police. Kyari was the
one who ended the reign of Godogodo, the South West notorious armed robber and
sent hundreds of hardened criminals out of the streets of Lagos State. He also
has to his credit the arrest of Vampire; another notorious armed robber in the
eastern part of Nigeria.
According to him,
Godogodo and Vampire era could not be compared to Evans as they were regular
armed robbers who kidnapped when the opportunity provided itself. “Kidnappers
are more careful than robbers and Evans was an intelligent one based on the
experience he acquired over the years.
Leader of IGP team,
Abba Kyari, who was tracking the location of Evans and his gangs had planned to
round them up together but his plans failed as the Kidnap kingpin was always
changing locations, a situation that made it difficult to get his exact location,
Vanguard reports.
“Evans was so
difficult because we had no clue as to who he really was. No one saw his
picture till the day he was arrested. Please kindly note that our success in
the operation was because the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris,
ensured that all the logistics needed were provided. He placed a N30million
reward on Evans’ head and directed the Interpol to declare him wanted. He
mandated us to do anything possible and gave us all the resources needed. He
also kept in touch and gave ideas as to how best to get it done.
“It took several
weeks of sleepless nights working on over 100 phone numbers. The Technical
Intelligence Unit (TIU) operatives were amazing, no matter the time of the
night that they were called up. Someone was on standby to provide information
that assisted us in tracking down Evans,” he said.
He explained that
the name Evans became known to him in 2012 after a kidnap incident in Lagos
that was reported to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos command when he was
the officer in charge of the department. “It was then that we realised that
there is a potent gang in Lagos but was still trying to find out who they were.
Another major incident was the failed kidnap attempt of the chairman of Young
Shall Grow Motors. Evans lost three of his men during that attack. We managed
to arrest the other person who survived and in his confession, he told us about
Evans and his atrocities.
“Evans was
completely elusive, we devised so many tactics. We followed his communications
and eventually in 2014, we discovered that he had kidnapped many people and
collected millions of naira without the victims reporting to the police. They
paid quietly. He investigated his targets and knew every detail about them up
to their villages. He instilled fear in them and they never alerted the police.
Had it been they reported to the police, the resources gathered from their
statement will be deployed. There was nothing that we didn’t do. All the links
that we got took us to his numerous victims. None of the victims reported to
us, we found them in attempt to get Evans.
“Despite everything
that we did there was no lead. All efforts did not yield any result until one
of the victims escaped. The escape of the pharmacist did not give them enough
time to clear their hideout properly before escaping. This helped the police
because some of the things we recovered were used to generate information that
led to their various locations.
“This is how we
started tracking them down. We picked some in Anambra, some in Port Harcourt
and some in Lagos. Before his arrest, he never knew we picked his boys quietly.
He advised them to be careful that police was on their trail. We picked four of
his girlfriends and discovered that Amaka is the one he loves so much. He had
11 phones and none of his gang members including his wife knew the numbers.
Evans was very
close to Amaka, he rented an apartment for her in Okota area of Lagos State. On
discovering that Evans was sleeping in Amaka’s house on a regular basis, they
decided to use Amaka to lure him but the kingpin on perceiving that Amaka had
been arrested by the police avoided her as much as he could. Amaka tried her
best to lure Evans.
Luck, however, ran
out on him as informant in Magodo informed the police that he had located Evans
apartment. Evans, according to the report was very elusive as he was aware that
the police was on to him. Evans, who was unaware that that police operatives
had located his Magodo apartment, on Saturday morning contacted Amaka. He
called her on the phone around 4:15am, without knowing that some policemen were
with her and asked her to wait outside her compound to meet him.
She joined him
later at the spot and as soon as she got into the car, he attacked her,
threatening to kill her for not informing him about the police presence in her
house. Evans got angry and drove away with her in his Grand Cherokee SUV and
they had an accident at Iyana-Ipaja area where he abandoned the vehicle, seized
Amaka’s phone and asked her to go home.It was from there that he picked a cab
to his residence at Magodo to pick some few things towards travelling out of
the country.
We also arrested
his pharmacist because we discovered that he had a lot of interaction with the
man. He buys sex enhancing drugs from him every week and each tablet costs six
thousand naira. We were hoping that he will come and buy more drugs but he also
sensed that the pharmacist was in police net.
“We already knew
that he resides in Magodo but no one knew his house. His relatives were lodged
in the hotel anytime they visit.
Luckily, Amaka knew
that the name of his security man is Pius and the picture of his wife was later
found. This helped the police to trace the exact house in Magodo. He had
already packed his bags and was about to leave the country when detectives on
his trail stormed the house.”
On some of the
property recovered, Kyari said: “Everyone has seen the two mansions in Magodo.
He has three in Ghana with one of the houses bigger than the ones in Nigeria.
He has so many lands in Anambra. He refused to develop them because of the law
in Anambra that any house suspected to be used by kidnappers will be
demolished. We have traced his haulage company where he has several trucks.
These were used to convince Nigerians that he is a genuine businessman.”
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