How To Reorientate Nigerians Using Evans The Kidnap Kingpin

The recent capture of  Chukwudidumeme Onuamadike, alias Evans, a kidnap kingpin in Nigeria, who collects as much as $2million from his victim families before their eventual release has clogged the cyberspace of Nigeria for some time now.

Everyday revelations keep coming up about his events, from; where he keeps his victims, how he operates, his associates, where Evans gets his arms and the types of properties in he owns while on this kidnapping business. The last has not been heard about the billionaire kidnapper Evans.

He terrorized families of different kinds and expatriates as well, from Americans, Lebanese, Nigerians(mostly of Igbo extraction) and the communities where he operates, like; lagos (Igando, Festac, Magodo), Onitsha, Enugu etc where it was reported he keeps his victims in some of the houses he owns. He used expensive gadgets like Ventura phone that makes it impossible for him to traced and thereby making it difficult for the Nigerian police to track him.


As usual, stories like this start from a child who was born into abject poverty, while his father had three wives; his mom and dad separated, and he was left with his grandmother and mother to take care of him. From there on he moved to the city involving himself in a life of crime.

So far so good, the Nigerian police have run a good PR on him with the help of the media, and I must commend them. It helps when stories like this filter through the country to assist those who have resolved to a life of crime to have a rethink and ask themselves if it is all worth it?

Evans


All the wealth Evans acquired as a kidnapper will now be stripped from him, he will also be in jail with common criminals for a long time. It goes with the famous adage " every day for the thief, one day for the owner. " I believe wherever he is right now, he must be regretting the life of crime he chose.

Poverty is not enough to delve into a world of crime. Excuses don't justify any form of the offense.

He has come out together with his family to beg Nigerians for forgiveness and a second chance. While some Nigerians have raised a hashtag #freevans as a solidarity to his plight and that of his family. They didn't however, take into consideration the number of families he has held under much more suffering and pain when they couldn't find their loved ones. Therefore that hashtag doesn't justify anything, he is going to face the full wrath of the law.

I want to believe the authorities can do more. I would like Evans to be taken to our schools and tertiary institutions since he said he seeks to be an anti-kidnapping ambassador, where Evans can talk to young boys and girls about kidnapping and other crimes and why it doesn't pay to live a life of the offense before he is taken to jail finally. The police can cash in on the hype even though it exposes him for escape,  it would be worth it in the long run.

I for one is tired of reading about children from poor families going into crime while the same set of people are successful in different Fields of endeavor.

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