Behind the perceived shy nature of Chukwudi Dumeme Onuamadiki a.k.a Evans, the kidnap honcho who was recently arrested by the police after an exhaustive five-year hunt, is his notoriety for deception, Global Excellence magazine has learned from a very reliable source.
Aside Evans’ obviously deep passion for luxury lifestyle, the source said that he is also known for being very dodgy and elusive.
So far, the investigating security agencies have uncovered a lot about this criminal suspect, including the discovery of two imposing mansions worth several millions of naira at his Magodo residence, but little was yet known about his fashion routine.
Global Excellence has just found out exclusively how a large chunk of the cash made by Evans in his illicit trade went into supporting his opulent lifestyle; his patronage of first-class fashion shops,
and their locations.
A certain high class boutique located on Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos was said to be Evans’ favourite clothier.
The place, the source described as
‘a touch of silk’ is one of the best fashion boutiques in Nigeria.
The source told Global Excellence that Evans had since
2014 deposited millions of naira with
this particular boutique for some wears and never collected them till his arrest three weeks ago.
There is also another high-class strictly suit place also on Allen where the kidnap lord reportedly bought his suits. It’s initials are B. S.
These two fashion shops, the source
said, are where most Nigerian celebrities buy their choice outfits.
Also, we gathered that Evans’ jeweler is located off Allen Avenue. The source identified the jeweler as a lady who is very popular with Lagos celebrities who are her clients.
Though, Evans spends lavishly to
look good and he is admired by his
suppliers for doing this, the source said that his sneaky and manipulative ways often unsettled them. When he paid for items, we were informed, he did not collect them on the appointed date, and when he gave notice when he would collect them, he was indirect about his location.
“He could ask his suppliers to bring finished materials to him at Ikeja but when they got there, he would direct them to another location. When they got to the second location, he would again ask them to meet him at another place. And so on.
That was after he must have dumped the items with the suppliers for a long time,” the source said.
The source added that Evans, perhaps, due to the secrecy of his illegal trade, is a man who keeps to time schedule. “He fixes time for his activities and he does not exceed his scheduled time,” the source noted.
Once, the source narrated, Evans visited his beautician’s place also located on Allen Avenue, for pedicure. He reportedly gave a notice to the attendant that he would not
spend beyond 15 minutes. His legs were still being worked on when it was 15 minutes. But he stopped the attendant, wore his shoes, made payment for full job and hurriedly left the place.
Evans barbed his hair himself, according to the source, and when he didn’t, he barbed at a salon located close to his Magodo residence which houses a drinking bar where he took his beer. And when he finished relaxing, he would pick cab to his
residence which is less than 10-minute drive and paid the driver a high amount of money. He would also not disembark in front of his house gate but at a distance and then walked home.
Reliable sources also told Global Excellence that cars were rarely seen in Evans’ compound, which has now been discovered was a strategy to ensure he wasn’t being trailed and avoid
being trailed at all through car registration.
Meanwhile, with the arrest of Evans and his lieutenants, police sources said that security agencies have spread their dragnets in a bid to root out kidnappers in Lagos and other states of the federation.
-Folorunsho Hamsat
