Police authorities on Saturday dismissed insinuations that the suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly called Evans, had vanished from police custody in Lagos.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that a national daily (The Sun) on its Saturday’s cover page alleged that Evans had been moved from his cell by about 30 heavily armed policemen, giving room to further speculations on social media that Evans might have died in custody.
“The secrecy surrounding his whereabouts in the official quarters baffles those who have closely followed his story since his arrest.
“Some senior police officers who spoke to Saturday Sun on condition of anonymity expressed fears that Evans might not make it to the court,’’ the newspaper reported.
However, spokesman of the force, CSP Jimoh Moshood in a special release said the billionaire kidnapper is still very much in the police custody insisting that investigations into his heinous crimes against humanity are still ongoing. He, therefore, urged Nigerians to disregard the news as published by the paper.
He noted further that Evans will be arraigned along with his accomplices as soon as investigations were completed.
The statement reads: “The public should disregard and discountenance all media reports in the social and print media that he has vanished or released and all criminal charges against him dropped as UNTRUE and ABSOLUTE FALSEHOOD.
Evans is in Police custody and would be arraigned in court along with other members of his gang on completion of investigation”.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Evans recently dragged the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris before the Federal High Court in Lagos over his alleged illegal detention.
He prayed the court to order his immediate release if they cannot arraign him in court immediately.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Evans again on Thursday filed another fresh suit against the Inspector General of Police, and three others at a Federal High Court in Lagos.
In the new suit, Evans is claiming N300 million as general and exemplary damages against the police for “illegal detention and unconstitutional media trial”.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Evans was represented in court by Lagos-based lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the billionaire kingpin was arrested in Lagos on Saturday, June 10 while preparing to travel out of the country. The arrest was carried out by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and led by ACP Abba Kyari.