A 53 -year-old suspected robber
and kidnapper, Linus Opara, has said he did not know how billionaire kidnapper,
Chukwudumeme Onwumadike a.k.a Evans lured him into his gang.
Opara, who claimed to be a
graduate of civil engineering, disclosed that he was an informant for Evans and
his gang.
He said this at the headquarters
of the Lagos State Police Command in GRA, Ikeja Lagos.
The 53-years-old said his role
was to monitor victims while Evans paid him any amount he felt like for
services rendered.
Opara, prior to his arrest said
he operated a company, Linok Construction Company located at No. 3 Umezinne
Street, off Saint Peters Street, Alaba, Lagos.
The informant, who was arrested
at about 9pm on July 20, 2017 at his house in Igando, Lagos, claimed he was
introduced to Evans by a late member of the gang identified as Doctor.
He said: ”Do not look at my white
hair; it is not as a result of old age. Rather, my hair turned white because of
long suffering after my graduation as a civil engineer from the University of
Ibadan. It is still a surprise to me how an illiterate person like Evans was
able to lure me into kidnapping and all his illicit business.
”I studied Civil Engineering in
the University of Ibadan. I am married with four children and they are still
schooling. My wife is a graduate of Accountancy from the University of Nigeria
Nsukka (UNN), but she has not secured work till date.
“I am not anything to Evans. We
only address him as chairman and sometimes as president of group of companies.
I was arrested and taken to the State Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) building in
Ikeja on 20th July, 2017.
“I saw Evans for the first time
the day I supplied a nutrition supplement because I am a distributor. The
second time I met Evans was when policemen took me from their cell to an
unknown place in Lagos, because I was blindfolded. I could not see where they
were taking me to.
”It was when they took me to
Evans that they removed the blindfold and I saw him. I addressed him as
Nwachinemelu. Police were asking both of us questions and I was answering
accordingly.
“They asked me how many times I
worked for Evans and I said two times, and that I turned him down the third
time that he asked me to do another job. I told the police that I monitored
victims for him and he paid me. I did not know the names of the victims.
”During the first work I did for
him, he sent a motorcycle rider to meet me at Olowola Bus Stop. He gave my
phone number to him and he called me. When I met him, I asked him where he was
taking me to. He said he was taking me to Trade Fair area. So I entered (sic)
his motorcycle and he took me to under the bridge at Trade Fair.
”He drove (rode) towards Mile 2
area. Evans called me and asked where we were and I told him. But he asked me
to go home; that I had done well.
“When we reached Alakija, I told
him and he said I should not worry myself; that he had told others to allow me
to go to my house. When he called again, he asked me to send my bank account
number to him. I sent my First Bank account number to him and he wired the sum
of N2 million to my account. I was surprised.
”The second time, it was the same
process as he already had my bank account number. He sent me the sum of
N700,000.
“When he called me for the third
job, I told him that I was not interested, because I started sensing some
errors in the business, like getting afraid for the kind of money he was giving
me. The money he was giving me in the twinkle of an eye was bigger than the
money I used to make in a whole year as a civil engineer.”
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Opportunity of making Easy money lured you into crime not Evans.You probably had that thieving mentality in you before,he just brought out the Satanic instinct in you
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ReplyDeleteLack of self control and blinded opportunity lured you into the crime and not Evans.
ReplyDeleteThe Lord will forgive you.