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Evans not missing from police custody- Spokesman

Says kidnapper kingpin has been moved to Abuja

The Nigeria police on Saturday denied media reports that suspected billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (a.k.a) Evans had disappeared from police custody.

The police further disclosed that Evans had been moved from Lagos to Abuja in order to ensure uninterrupted investigation of his involvement in high profile criminal cases.

One of the national newspapers had claimed in its Saturday’s front page that Evans had varnished from police’s custody.

The newspaper further caused a stir when it claimed that Evans might have escaped or died on the grounds that the kidnap kingpin could not be located during a visit it made to the Lagos State police command headquarters in Lagos.

But the police spokesman, Mr Jimoh Moshood, has debunked the report, saying that the story was false.

Moshood, who is also a Superintendent of Police, said, “Evans is intact in police custody. He did not vanish anywhere”.

The police had arrested Evans in Lagos on June 10, while he had led officers to different locations he used for his criminal activities.

A source close to the police also stated that the decision to relocate Evans from Lagos to Abuja was put an end to the frivolous media coverage of his stay in custody which is hindering proper interrogation.

Confirming the movement of Evans to Abuja , Moshood said,” Yes, we moved Evans from Lagos to Abuja this week. The development is to allow us to properly interrogate him.

“But the media report that he had somehow disappeared from custody or that police were not willing to give updates about his whereabouts is simply absurd.”