Notorious kidnapper, Chukwudumeme
Onwuamadike, aka Evans, has
expressed shock over reports that he dragged the Inspector-General of Police,
Mr. Ibrahim Idris, and the Nigeria Police to the court.
A
Lagos-based lawyer, Olukoya
Ogungbeje, had on Wednesday last week filed a suit on behalf of Evans, claiming
that the suspect’s continued detention was an infringement on his fundamental
human rights. He also demanded a N300 million compensation from the police for
alleged unlawful detention of Evans.
Denying
that he ever instituted a suit, Evans was quoted by a Lagos television station
at the weekend as saying: “I am not aware of any lawyer coming for my release.
It is not possible that any lawyer was contracted to sue the police or anybody.
Who is the lawyer and where did I meet him? I did not brief any lawyer and no
lawyer debriefed me.”
Continuing,
Evans
said: “The law suit may be from people who want to cause more trouble for me.
Who told people I want to leave police custody? I want to remain with the
police for sometime because people will be after me if I am released.”
Corroborating
this, a senior police officer said “That is the truth. Evans was not aware of
the lawsuit. He did not send anyone to stand for him in court. Anyway, the
lawyer did not tell anyone he was sent by Evans. He said Mr. Stephen
Onwuamadike, Evans’ father, sent him.
“Well,
we had made it clear that we have a court order to keep Evans for three months
to enable us conclude investigation on his case, in and outside Nigeria. We
learnt he has some mansions and hotels in South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria. We
are still investigating. I don’t know why people won’t let the police do their
job.”
The
police had alleged that Evans’ gang members still at large wanted to use legal
means to frustrate further investigation into the case.
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