The N30 million bounty on the head of billionaire kidnapper announced
by the Police a few months back aided the arrest of Chukwudi Onuamadike
on Saturday, June 10, 2017. The kingpin almost escaped the dragnet as
he plotted to elope hours after his arrest.
Sources claimed he had been away from his Fred Shoboyede Street
residence in Magodo for weeks, eluding the police…until Friday, June 9,
when he showed up there.
His reappearance a day earlier was communicated to the Police by the
whistle blower. He was said to be preparing to flee when he was nabbed.
For about an hour, gun shots rang in his neighbourhood. And he was overpowered as he hid in his ceiling.
A police officer was reportedly injured as he smashed a door on his face.
But eventually, he was arrested and his deadly reign came to an end…
Before now, about a month ago, he was almost arrested in Igando but escaped.
He eluded the Police as he amassed modern gadgets that could jam
surveillance. With over a dozen phones, all dedicated to specific
associates and family members, he was several steps ahead at a time.
But with the superior gadgets of Intelligence Response Team and
Technical and Intelligence Unit of the Police, with deployment of huge
resources, he ran into a brickwall – and now he’s singing like a canary
begging for mercy and a second chance.