Wife of Billionaire kidnapper,
Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, aka Evans, Uchenna, has appealed to Nigerians to
forgive her husband and her family for all the atrocities he committed. In an
interview with Vanguard, Uchenna said she was not aware that he was into crime.
She said thought he was into haulage, buying engine and spare parts for trucks
and imports exhaust pipes.
She has asked that all his properties be sold and the money returned to all his victims.
"My name is Uchenna Precious
Onwuamadike, the wife of the Chikwudubem Onwuamadike who you call Evans. I am
31 years old. I got married to Evans at the age of 17 at Oraifite, Anambra
state in 2004. He met me while I was coming back from lesson as a student of
All Saints Secondary School, Oraifite and I was in class 6 going to take my
West African Examination.
After we met, I agreed to go with
him because of my poor background. He told me his father married three wives
when he was six years old and threw his mother out of his house. He said that
one of the wives influenced his father to drive them out of his house also and
they were forced to stay with outsiders. Evans was taken to his grandmother who
trained him.
He told me his father accused the
mother of being adulterous before driving her out of his house. Our marriage is
blessed with five children. Our first issue is 12 years plus and her name us
Udochukwu. After we got married, he said I should stay with his mother in his
village at Akanmiri, Umudim, Nnewi to teach me how to be a good housewife. I was
there for three years before he took me to Lagos.
We were living at Satellite town
in 2006 and after one year, he relocated us back to the village because he
could not pay house rent. While in the village, he normally came to see us. We
spent three years in the village and relocated to Ghana. On our way to Ghana,
we passed through Lagos and stayed at Benny Hotels in Festac where we spent two
days before travelling to Ghana. He spent a month with us in Ghana before
coming back to Lagos.
I was pregnant with our fourth
child in 2010 when he left for Nigeria to come back in two months time. After I
gave birth, he came back four months later and was able to clear the
accumulated bills we kept for him because I borrowed money from friends to
clear hospital bill. When he came back, he complained bitterly that things were
rough for him in Nigeria and that customs seized his goods. I was not aware
that he was into kidnapping and all the criminal acts he is being associated
with now.
All I know about his business is
that he was into haulage, buying engine and spare parts for trucks and imports
exhaust pipes. That was what he told me. The reason he kept me in Ghana was
because he said our children should get quality education. I have spent six
years here and after I stopped hearing from him, I called and complained
bitterly but he said I should stay for some time. I then called his friend,
Okechukwu, who now lives in China. He told me that he has not been seeing him
and that he spends most of his time with a girlfriend in Festac. When I called
him to complain, he was angry with me and warned that I should stop listening
to gossip. He said that If I should return, I should go to his younger
brother’s house in Lagos until he is ready to get accommodation for us.
The brother was formally living
in Lagos but he is in Brazil now. So, when it was impossible to pay my
children’s school fees, I packed my bags and baggage and came back to Lagos
with our children. We stayed at his brother’s house at Agric, close to Trade
Fair until he took us to a house in Magodo where he claimed he owed rent
pending the completion of his own house there.
We have spent just one year in
that house in Magodo. I have no idea of the type of business he was into but he
told me that his friends overseas used to buy phones and jewelries for
him.
While in Lagos, i was idle and I
pressured him to find something for me to do and he promised to do that.
Several times, I asked him to take me to his office but he said they move from
place to place to offload goods in haulage business and share profits. I can’t
remember having any visitor in our house. It is only the agent called Sunny
that helped us to pack into our house that I know. At times, artisans come to
do one repair or the other, that’s all. I don’t know any of his friends and if
we were invited to parties, he would not allow us to attend. He told me that he
has no friends and that he hates associating with people.
I was always indoors because he
warned me to beware of Lagos women that they are wayward. I was staying indoors
and it was only when I was sick that he took me to a hospital in Ikeja. I
always have BP and it makes weak.
We went back to Ghana on the 6th
of this month and he promised to join us in no distant time. On the 9th, I
called him to know when he would be coming and even the youngest of our
children was crying, begging him to come as soon as possible and he promised to
come. In the afternoon, I called but he was not picking. I called again, there
was noise in the background and the line was switched off. I then called the
driver that took us to the motor pack when we were going to Ghana and he told
me that there was a problem, that police came and arrested Oga and that they
came with a fair complexioned lady. When I heard all the allegations against
him, I called his brother in Ghana, his mother, father and other relations but
I could not get them. I then called their last born, a student at Oko
Polytechnic but he said he had not spoken with him for long. I was confused
until I opened Niger news and Vanguard Websites. That was how I got the
shocking news about my husband. I collapsed and later called my kids to inform
them what I just read about their father.
Since then, I have not eaten, I
am still in shock. Our children could not believe what they were reading about
their father. They are saying that he cannot do all the things they said he
did. In fact, while we were in Nigeria, he had never slept outside our house.
My children were crying when they saw his bloody eyes and swollen face. Our
condition was worsened when I saw my picture with him and our children on the
face book. I don’t know where they got it. I have not been receiving money from
him, I have never seen his money. The only thing I know is that there was a
time he bought an expensive watch in Dubai and I wanted to know why he bought
it when he could not open any business for me. He kept on teasing me, claiming
it came from a friend.
It was only when we wanted to
travel to South Africa last year Christmas where we spent two years that he
gave me N200, 000 for the trip. I have never seen him as a rich man. While with
him, we made sure we had all we wanted to eat and that’s all. I can’t remember
seeing any sign of affluence in him. He is not a proud man and he has been
wearing one sandal and slippers for long now. He does not go for parties. In
fact, I have never suspected him as a criminal. If I have been seeing any
strange things, I would have suspected him. We have three cars, one Hilux, one
grand Cherokee and an SUV.
The N20m they said he sent to me
through transfer was given to one Hausa man to pay into an account in Ghana to
be used in paying our rent and furnish the house in Ghana. I know he banks with
GTB only. Their staff used to visit us in the house. I am not aware that he has
five girlfriends and I have never suspected him because he did not keep late
nights. It was shocking to hear about his girlfriends. He did not answer calls
in my presence. I used to see his phones being charged but he normally switched
them off. I always asked him why use pin code to lock his phones and that he
lived a secret life but he threatened to beat me if ever I touched any of his
phones. I didn’t even know the security pin.
He would leave the house
sometimes in the evenings with his phones and would come back between 8pm and
9pm. Most of the things I read about him are strange to me. As his wife, I
should have seen the signs but I have not. He has cancer and does not drink
alcohol nor smoke anything. I have never seen gun in our house. I don’t know
where they got those frightening guns. He has never told me he has another
house at Igando. Any time he went out, he always called to ask after the
children and reassure me that he would be back soon.
I am suspecting that whatever
happened to him must have come from his father’s second wife. I don’t know what
he did to him when he was young but he told the story. He said that after their
mother was driven out of the house, he was with his brothers playing outside
one day when the second wife called him to pick a bucket and collect water for
her. He was four years then, he picked the bucket, collected water and when he
came back, she removed her dress and she was wearing only a bag made from
animal skin on her waist.
She brought seven small stones
from the bag, gave to Evans and ordered him to pour the stones into the bucket
to know if the gravel would rise (sail) on top of the water or not. Evans said
he did as she directed but the only thing the woman did was to take the bucket
back and ordered him to go back and play with his brothers. He said he told his
father later but he said he was telling lies. I feel very bad because I did not
know if he was doing all these or not. Even if he was into all these, why did
he not stop because of me and his children? All the time when we pray, he used
to promise God that he would tell Him his story later in life. Here reads psalm
23 a lot.
Even his phone, he sets alarm for
12 noon to read psalm 23. He took part in our daily prayers in the morning,
evening and night. He used to lead us in prayers. We attend Anglican Church. He
has never given them money to show off. We used to give N5000 or N10,000 and
the highest we have given so far was N50,000 when we baptised one of our
children. I am appealing to the powers that be to spare his life (crying), as I
speak now, I am kneeling down with my children, crying and begging for
forgiveness. Have mercy on us. He did not know what he was doing. He did not
know what came over him.
I am ready to come back to
Nigeria and plead on his behalf. What I am reading in the news is shocking.
Though, I have not heard that he killed anybody but all those he injured or
took their money should please forgive him because me and my children. They
should kindly forgive him, he will repent. God knows I will not be alive and
see my husband doing bad thing and keep quiet. All his wealth should be sold
off and given to his victims"
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The soul that sinneth he shall die. He killed to make you elegance and happy so you want him live? He shall die!!
ReplyDelete... Woman the way you are talking shows that you were aware of his criminal actions but kept quiet because of the wealth and blood money you were enjoying. Did he give his victims whom him killed for money second chance? Those his victims are fathers, mothers, or children of somebody. Police should make sure that this woman is arrested and properly interrogated and same to all those he had mentioned. Her account don't just add up. Let the law take its course for the sake of his numerous victims and as example to others that crime never pay .
ReplyDeleteAm not in support of letting him go but our so called leaders that do divert our money for personal use what should become of them???
ReplyDeleteYour leaders looting did not put a gun to your head,they are stealing while all of you are looking at them.Whenever you guys are tired of them looting,you'll rise up against them same way the police did against this heartless killer called kidnapper
DeleteI've forgiven him (Evans), at least he showed some remorse but how about our trusted official thieves in government who are not deterred in any sort yet commit murderous crimes worst than kidnapping, do we hang them or lynch them?
ReplyDeleteHave you ever been his victim? You must be a thief or an armed robber to say what you said. You are one of those destroying the world. Idiot, Ole, Olosi!
DeleteThis woman's story is so funny. How can you live in a mansion and owe rent? How can you have three big cars and owe rent? How can GT Bank staff visit you at home and you are not affluent, don't you think the account officer has better things to do with his/her time? How can your husband give you only 200k but you traveled to south africa and lived for two years? IN SHORT, SHE SHOULD BE ARRESTED. This kind of woman is the reason men continue in crime.
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