Evan's wife called to plead with victim's family and the police, she denied ever knowing billionaire kidnapper husband Evans was into crime.
In the words of Vanguard’s Crime Editor, Emma Nnadozie “it was shocking but
revealing and even pathetic.” The caller had said “hold on for Evans’ wife.”
The female voice quickly
pleaded to Mr. Nnadozie to call her back as she did
not have enough credit. Nnadozie returned the call from Ghana and the caller
told her story. Excerpts:
My name is Uchenna Precious
Onwuamadike, the wife of the Chikwudubem Onwuamadike who you call Evans. I am 31 years old. I got married to Evans at the age of 17 at
Oraifite, Anambra state in 2004.
He met me while I was
coming back from lesson as a student of All Saints Secondary School, Oraifite
and I was in class 6 going to take my West African Examination. After we met, I
agreed to go with him because of my poor background.
He told me his father
married three wives when he was six years old and threw his mother out of his
house. He said that one of the wives influenced his father to drive them out of
his house also and they were forced to stay with outsiders. Evans was taken to his grandmother who
trained him. He told me his father
accused the mother of being adulterous before driving her out of his house.
Our marriage is blessed
with five children. Our first issue is 12 years plus and her name is
Udochukwu. After we got married, he
said I should stay with his mother in his village at Akanmiri, Umudim,
Nnewi to teach me how to be a good
housewife. I was there for three years
before he took me to Lagos. We were
living at Satellite town in 2006 and after one year, he relocated us back to
the village because he could not pay house rent.
While in the village, he
normally came to see us. We spent three
years in the village and relocated to Ghana.
On our way to Ghana, we passed through Lagos and stayed at Benny Hotels
in Festac where we spent two days before travelling to Ghana.
He spent a month with us in
Ghana before coming back to Lagos. I
was pregnant with our fourth child in 2010 when he left for Nigeria to come
back in two months time. After I gave
birth, he came back four months later and was able to clear the accumulated
bills we kept for him because I borrowed money from friends to clear hospital
bill. When he came back, he complained bitterly that things were rough for him
in Nigeria and that customs seized his goods.
I was not aware that he was
into kidnapping and all the criminal acts he is being associated with now. All I know about his business is that he was
into haulage, buying engine and spare parts for trucks and imports exhaust
pipes. That was what he told me. The reason he kept me in Ghana was because
he said our children should get quality education.
I have spent six years here
and after I stopped hearing from him, I called and complained bitterly but he
said I should stay for some time. I
then called his friend, Okechukwu, who now
lives in China. He told me that he has not been seeing him and that he
spends most of his time with a girlfriend in Festac. When
I called him to complain, he was angry with me and warned that I should stop
listening to gossip. He said that If I
should return, I should go to his younger brother’s house in Lagos until he is
ready to get accommodation for us. The
brother was formally living in Lagos but he is in Brazil now. So, when it was impossible to pay my
children’s school fees, I packed my bags and baggage and came back to Lagos
with our children.
We stayed at his brother’s
house at Agric, close to Trade Fair until he took us to a house in Magodo where
he claimed he owed rent pending the completion of his own house there. We have spent just one year in that house
in Magodo. I have no idea of the type
of business he was into but he told me that his friends overseas used to buy
phones and jewelries for him.
While in Lagos, i was idle
and I pressured him to find something for me to do and he promised to do
that. Several times, I asked him to
take me to his office but he said they move from place to place to offload goods
in haulage business and share profits.
I can’t remember having any visitor in our house. It is only the agent called Sunny that
helped us to pack into our house that I know. At times, artisans come to do one repair
or the other, that’s all.
I don’t know any of his
friends and if we were invited to parties, he would not allow us to
attend. He told me that he has no
friends and that he hates associating with people. I was always indoors because he warned me to
beware of Lagos women that they are wayward.
I was staying indoors and
it was only when I was sick that he took me to a hospital in Ikeja. I always
have BP and it makes weak. We went back
to Ghana on the 6th of this month and he
promised to join us in no distant time.
On the 9th, I called him to know when he would be coming and even the youngest of our children was
crying, begging him to come as soon as possible and he promised to come. In the afternoon, I called but he was not
picking.
I called again, there was
noise in the background and the line was switched off. I then called the driver
that took us to the motor pack when we were going to Ghana and he told me that
there was a problem, that police came and arrested Oga and that they came with
a fair complexioned lady. When I heard all the allegations against him, I
called his brother in Ghana, his mother, father and other relations but I could
not get them.
I then called their last
born, a student at Oko Polytechnic but he said he had not spoken with him for
long. I was confused until I opened Niger news and Vanguard Websites. That was
how I got the shocking news about my husband.
I collapsed and later
called my kids to inform them what I just read about their father. Since then,
I have not eaten, I am still in shock. 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.
I have not been receiving
money from him, I have never seen his money. The only thing I know is that
there was a time he bought an expensive watch in Dubai and I wanted to know why
he bought it when he could not open any business for me. He kept on teasing me,
claiming it came from a friend. It was only when we wanted to travel to South
Africa last year Christmas where we spent two years that he gave me N200, 000
for the trip. I have never seen him as a rich man. While with him, we made sure
we had all we wanted to eat and that’s all.
I can’t remember seeing any
sign of affluence in him. He is not a proud man and he has been wearing one
sandal and slippers for long now. He does not go for parties. In fact, I have
never suspected him as a criminal. If I have been seeing any strange things, I
would have suspected him. We have three cars, one Hilux, one grand Cherokee and
an SUV. The N20m they said he sent to me through transfer was given to one
Hausa man to pay into an account in Ghana to be used in paying our rent and
furnish the house in Ghana. I know he banks with GTB only. Their staff used to
visit us in the house. I am not aware that he has five girlfriends and I have
never suspected him because he did not keep late nights. It was shocking to
hear about his girlfriends.
He did not answer calls in
my presence. I used to see his phones being charged but he normally switched
them off. I always asked him why use pin code to lock his phones and that he
lived a secret life but he threatened to beat me if ever I touched any of his
phones. I didn’t even know the security pin. He would leave the house sometimes
in the evenings with his phones and would come back between 8pm and 9pm. Most
of the things I read about him are strange to me. As his wife, I should have
seen the signs but I have not.
He has cancer and does not
drink alcohol nor smoke anything. I have never seen gun in our house. I don’t
know where they got those frightening guns.
He has never told me he has
another house at Igando. Any time he went out, he always called to ask after
the children and reassure me that he would be back soon. I am suspecting that
whatever happened to him must have come from his father’s second wife. I don’t
know what he did to him when he was young but he told the story. He said that
after their mother was driven out of the house, he was with his brothers
playing outside one day when the second wife called him to pick a bucket and
collect water for her. He was four years then, he picked the bucket, collected
water and when he came back, she removed her dress and she was wearing only a
bag made from animal skin on her waist. She brought seven small stones from the
bag, gave to Evans and ordered him to pour the stones into the bucket to know
if the gravel would rise (sail) on top of the water or not. Evans said he did
as she directed but the only thing the woman did was to take the bucket back
and ordered him to go back and play with his brothers. He said he told his
father later but he said he was telling lies.
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. Even 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. He 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. Though, I have not heard that he killed anybody but all those
he injured or took their money should please forgive him because 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. He
takes care of all his relations including the children of the second wife we
are suspecting did this to him. He has just two houses in Ghana but I have
never seen them. I saw the house on his phone. Since I have been living with
him, he has never injured anybody or beat me. He has milk of human kindness in
his heart. He has not been harsh or wicked to anybody. He always advised us to
be prayerful I (starts crying again) and complains bitterly any time I failed
to pray. His neighbours also know him as a kind and generous man. Members of my
family are worse hit by this ugly development.
They said some people
brought newspaper publications to show them about their in-law and they have
been wondering if he actually did all that because he has been good to all of
them. I am from a very good, God-fearing family and if any of us had suspected
this in him, they would have forced me out of his house for long. I am ready to
come back and testify on his behalf. I will also like to see the Governor of
Lagos state and explain the whole thing to him. They said he is rich but I have
only N13, 000 in my Diamond bank account. He does not give me money. He told me
he will be paying N40, 000 into my account every month but after two months, he
stopped, claiming that he was penniless.
Pity his family
ReplyDeletehow can you not be aware
ReplyDeleteu must have smelt something fishy joor
ReplyDeleteSome men can be so secretive
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