Police authorities have moved the
notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, and his
accomplices to the Force Investigation and Intelligence Department, Garki,
Abuja for further investigations.
Punch newspaper reports that on
Friday the suspects were brought from Lagos to Abuja last Monday by men of the
IG Intelligence Response Team to ensure unhindered and thorough investigation
into their criminal activities.
Sources said Evans was kept at
the ‘VIP wing’ of the police cell at the FCIID, Abuja, where other notorious
crime suspects were being held.
It was gathered that security had
been beefed up at the detention centre since the crime kingpin was brought to
the cell.
A source said more police
operatives were deployed in and around the facility to prevent any security
breach and to safeguard all the detainees.
“Evans was brought to the FCIID on Monday and since then, the atmosphere changed. You now have more security personnel on duty as part of measures to prevent any unpleasant development. Some unidentified persons have also been visiting the suspect,” the source said.
Our correspondent gathered that
the police investigators did not restrict access to the suspect in order to
profile those visiting him and establish the link between them and the kidnap
kingpin.
Evans and six of his
co-conspirators were arrested in June, after policemen stormed the kidnappers’
den and engaged them in a gun battle which lasted several hours.
Members of his gang usually
kidnapped victims in Lagos State but they had also abducted prominent Nigerians
from other parts of the country.
The Force Public Relations
Officer, Jimoh Moshood, could not be reached for comment as calls to his phone
failed to connect. He had yet to respond to a text message sent to him as of
the time of filing this report.
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