Kidnap Kingpin Police unmask female officer who helped Evans escape
An investigative panel set up by the Inspector General of Police has
uncovered a senior police officer who aided the suspected kidnap
suspect.
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Evans, the kidnap kingpin, was arrested after Pastor Adeboye's spiritual warfare in June. (Instagram )
A senior female police officer who allegedly aided the escape of suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, from police detention after he was arrested for armed robbery in 2006, has been arrested.
The Nation reveals that the identity of the officer who is now a Chief Superintendent of Police [CSP], identified only as Tina, was uncovered by a Special Investigation Panel (SIP) set up by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris, to probe Evans’ 2006 arrest, transfer from Lagos State to Imo State and eventual release from detention without prosecution.
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Evans escaped from police because he had insider help (Pulse)
Recall
that after Evans arrest on June 10, 2017, a senior police officer had
told reporters that his team had arrested the suspect in 2006 following a bank robbery but
was later transferred to the Imo State Police Command following the
intervention of a female officer who claimed Evans was her brother.
The
officer had claimed that Evans and his gang members had a gun duel at
the National Theatre in Surulere, Lagos, after a disagreement in sharing
their loot and he was shot by his gang members and left to die before
he was arrested.
According to the
officer, Tina who was then a Superintendent of Police (SP), mounted
pressure on them to release Evans and two of his members but when her
request was not met, she went through Imo State Command, where a signal
was sent for the transfer of the suspects.
Following
the revelations by the officer, IGP Idris constituted the panel to
investigate the 2006 arrest, transfer and eventual release of Evans and
his members and bring to book the officers involved in the sordid
affair.
The panel's mandate was to
identify all the officers who had a hand in the matter, whether serving
or retired and bring them to justice.
According
to a source, the panel has made reasonable progress in its
investigation because almost all the officers that took part in the
'rape' of justice have been identified.
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Members of the Evans gang (Pulse)
The source said:
“I
can tell you that Tina is not the woman’s real name but I won’t give
you her name. I can also tell you she’s now a CSP and still in service.
So
many officers took part in that 2006/2007 release of Evans and they are
being investigated. The panel has made progress and almost all of them
have been identified. An official statement might be released by the
authorities soon.
