Ambode has signed into law, the state kidnapping
prohibition bill, 2016 which prescribes Life
Imprisonment or death penalty for the offence of
Kidnapping and forceful extortion in Lagos State,
meaning that the recently arrested kidnap kingpin,
Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans may
get a life imprisonment or death penalty
sentence.
The law provides for death penalty for kidnappers
whose victims die in their custody, and life
imprisonment for the act of kidnapping.
He said that kidnapping had become a major
threat to the safety of residents and, therefore,
required decisive action by the government.
“This law imposes a penalty of life imprisonment
for kidnapping for ransom. “The law stipulates
that, where a victim dies in the course of
kidnapping, the suspect is liable on conviction to
death. “Security is of utmost importance to our
administration, and we are confident that this law
will serve as a deterrent to anybody who may
desire to engage in this wicked act within the
boundaries of Lagos State. “Our justice system
will be required to execute this law in absolute
and make sure that any criminal caught faces the
full wrath of the law,” he said.
Recall that Evans himself had advised kidnappers
or intending ones to desist from the act, saying it
does not pay any longer. He had said that if he
can be caught, then nobody can escape the police
being that the force has improved greatly in her
anti-crime fight.
Evans, a billionaire kidnap kingpin had
successfully coordinated and masterminded
several high profile kidnappings and armed
robberies within Lagos, Anambra and Enugu
States. According to him, “My advise to them is
that as they are watching me standing here with
policemen, they should stop everything about
that, it doesn’t pay.” He gave the advise to other
kidnappers while leading police operatives to two
houses in Ejigbo and Igando areas of Lagos state
where he keeps his victims until huge ransoms
are paid. According to him, he keeps most of his
victims in the two houses for months. He said he
even pays up to seven hundred thousand Naira,
(700,000) yearly for a three bedroom flat çells’
where the victims are kept. Upon departure from
Igando area Evans had opined, “The Nigeria Police
is not what it is used to be. They are far more
advanced than they were. If they could arrest me,
there is no criminal they can’t arrest.”
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