The #FreeEvans campaign currently trending on Twitter is causing outrage as some Nigerians think it is absurd and disgusting to set free such a hardened criminal and arrest corrupt politicians instead. Evans, the notorious billionaire kidnapper who showed no mercy during his reign of terror, was arrested about a week ago in Lagos State by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. The Joint Special Forces led by the Intelligence Response Team, the Lagos State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit and Technical and Intelligent Unit of the Force. #FreeEvans campaign causes confusion on Twitter as kidnapper’s wife, children beg for mercy.
He struck his victims when they least expected and demanded billions as ransoms, leaving his victims’ relatives to battle with the pain of raising the money to secure their freedom. Not a few rich businessmen in Lagos, Edo, Anambra relocated for fear of being abducted by Evans & his syndicate. To escape from his dragnet, others fortified themselves with armed security operatives.
#FreeEvans campaign causes confusion on Twitter as kidnapper’s wife, children beg for mercy
For this same Evans, some Nigerians on Twitter have asked that he should be freed because after all, Senate president Bukola Saraki was freed.
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Meanwhile, his wife, Uchenna Onwuamadike, in a tell-all confession, said she never knew her husband was into crime. She claims he took part in their daily prayers and always prayed Psalm 23. She never knew he was rich, not to talk of being a billionaire and that the highest amount of money he ever gave her was N200,000.
According to her, she collapsed when she read online about her husband’s crime. When she regained consciousness, she called her kids to inform them what she just read about their father and since then, she hasn’t eaten, she’s still in shock.
Here’s what she said, “Our children could not believe what they were reading about their father. They are saying that he cannot do all the things they said he did. In fact, while we were in Nigeria, he had never slept outside our house. My children were crying when they saw his bloody eyes and swollen face. Our condition was worsened when I saw my picture with him and our children on the face book. I don’t know where they got it and I have not been receiving money from him, I have never seen his money.
“I feel very bad because I did not know if he was doing all these or not. Even if he was into all these, why did he not stop because of me and his children? All the time when we pray, he used to promise God that he would tell Him his story later in life. He reads psalm 23 a lot. On his phone, he sets alarm for 12 noon to read psalm 23. He took part in our daily prayers in the morning, evening and night and used to lead us in prayers.
“We attend Anglican Church. He has never given them money to show off. We used to give N5000 or N10,000 and the highest we have given so far was N50,000 when we baptised one of our children.
“I am appealing to the powers that be to spare his life (crying), as I speak now, I am kneeling down with my children, crying and begging for forgiveness. Have mercy on us. He did not know what he was doing. He did not know what came over him. I am ready to come back to Nigeria and plead on his behalf. What I am reading in the news is shocking.
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“Though, I have not heard that he killed anybody but all those he injured or took their money should please forgive him because of me and my children. They should kindly forgive him, he will repent. God knows I will not be alive and see my husband doing bad thing and keep quiet. All his wealth should be sold off and given to his victims. Evans is a good man,” Uche pleaded.
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