Evans' brother-in-law says his wife's family lived in abject poverty even though the kidnapper was a billionaire
Evans' wife, Uchenna, was the last of 13 children and had to marry early to escape the poverty
Uchenna's brother says she never came home after getting married in 2006
Barely two weeks after NAIJ.com reported the arrest of notorious kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike aka Evans, more details about his operations and some details about his immediate and extended family have also been brought to the fore.
According to Vanguard, a visit to the kidnapper's wife's village in Awo-Oraifite, Ekwusigo local government area in Anambra state, revealed the state of abject poverty she grew up in.
Precious Uchenna Onwuamadike, became a subject of public scrutiny after her husband was caught because of his nefarious activities. It is no surprise that information which would have otherwise been overlooked, was eventually dug up.
One of her brothers, Mr Chukwuemeka Okoye, told Vanguard how the family has been struggling to make ends meet, engaging in menial jobs, despite having a billionaire in-law.
Evans' wife grew up in this house, which continues to house her siblings
Despite collecting ransom in billions and owning several mansions both in Nigeria and Ghana, it was apparent Evans did little or nothing to change the living situation of his in-laws who lived in a shabby bungalow.
Precious's elder brother, Chukwuemeka, a peasant farmer who occasionally works as a labourer on construction sites, said she never visited home since getting married in 2006.
Chukwuemeka said:
“Our late father was already bedridden when Evans married Uchenna, our sister. My sister knew how difficult it was for the family and how sick our father was, but, after her marriage, no member of the family set eyes or heard from her up till now. For the eight years that our father was sick before he died in 2014 , Uchenna neither visited nor sent anybody to know how the family was coping. Sometimes I say to myself that it is possible that Evans charmed my sister because this was a girl that was very caring and homely. For her to abandon the family did not look normal to me.
During the burial of our father, it was her father in-law, Mr. Stephen Onwuamadike, that came with his relations and could not even fulfill the conditions required during such situation in Igbo land. Uchenna and her husband, Evans, did not come to the village for the burial.
For some years now, our mother has been down with diabetes and one of my brothers living in the North had to take her to keep close watch on her. She would have preferred staying at home, but having seen that it would be extremely difficult for me to manage the sickness due to lack of financial resources, she agreed to go to the North.
My sister and her husband have not been communicating with us and we don’t even know where they live. There was a time someone said they were living abroad. I am, therefore, shocked to hear that Uchenna’s husband is a suspected kidnapper and that he had made so much money.
My sister that I knew would have escaped from his house if she found out that the man she married is a kidnapper and that is why I say that everything is not normal with her. I had not even left this village for apprentice in the North when she got married and I am now married with four children and my sister does not know whether I am alive or not. It is even possible that I might not recognize her if I see her, not to talk of knowing her children. My wife here (pointing at her where she was seated and listening) does not know about her because we have never discussed anything about Uchenna. I am also surprised to hear that
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