The Nigerian Prison Service
(NPS) has formed a heavy security ring around the suspect.
Kidnapping suspect Chukwudubem
Onwuamadike, alias Evans, plotted to escape from police custody before his
arraignment in court, it was learnt at the weekend.
But police detectives,
especially those in the Intelligence Unit, aborted his plot, TheNation reports.
After months of hide and
seek, the police arrested ‘Evans’ on June 10 at No. 3, Fred Shoboyede, Magodo,
Lagos. He is standing trial before an Ikeja High Court for alleged conspiracy
and kidnapping alongside five others.
The other accused persons
are Uche Amadi, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi and
Victor Aduba.
All the suspects were on
August 29 remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons.
Unknown to many Nigerians,
the kidnapping kingpin had allegedly tried to escape from his cell in Abuja
after he was transferred from Lagos.
A source spoke of Evans’
plan to give between $50,000 and $100,000 to one of the guards manning his cell
to facilitate his escape.
The source said Evans was
allegedly coordinating his escape bid with some members of his gang by telephone
which he obtained through “suspicious” means.
It was learnt that
intelligence officers and IGP’s Special Tactical Squad detected his plot.
The source said: “When
Evans was in our custody, he tried to escape but we were able to abort all his
plans. We discovered that he had access to phones which were hidden in the
middle of loaves of bread, eba, semovita and so on.
“He was making calls from
these smuggled phones in the middle of the night, making arrangements with some
yet to be identified members of his gang to arrange for his escape.
“We intercepted how he was
luring one of the guards with about
$50,000 to $100,000. He wanted an insider to serve as informant to him
and members of his gang.”
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