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Glimpses about the lavish lifestyle of the billionaire kidnapper Evans are emerging, with his confession that he splashed his loot in buying a wristwatch for $170,000. He also bought three phones for $6,000 each and bought two houses in highbrow Magodo Estate in Lagos and another house in Ghana.
Evans, real name is Chukwudubem Onwuamadike. He was arrested at his Magodo residence around 1pm by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IIRT) on Saturday after eluding Police radar for five years.
The suspect was said to have run to the roof of the house for emergency exit but the Police men caught up with him. In the course of his arrest, he slammed the door against the operatives and injured one of them.
It was gathered that four AK47 rifles and over 50 magazines were recovered from the house after the raid.
The IGP, Ibrahim Idris had earlier announced a bounty of N30m for anyone with useful information that could lead to his arrest.
Evans, security forces said has been responsible for many high profile kidnapping in the country. He was said to be a brilliant criminal, who has given the Police sleepless nights.
He was said to have collected billions of Naira as ransom from his victims, including expatriates, business moguls and public office holders.
While Vampire was the most deadly kidnapper in the history of Nigeria and was caught some months ago during a gun battle, Evans remains the most brilliant, richest and crafty kidnapper in the nation’s history.
Evans told Police investigators he had two houses in Magodo which he bought for N130m and N70m. He claimed to have been in the kidnapping business for a period of 10years.
The kidnap kingpin revealed to the Police that he sent his wife away when he suspected that she was being used to close in on him before his eventual arrest.
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