Nigerians
on Twitter have reacted to the unprecedented media attention given the
billionaire kidnap kingpin, Evans since his arrest by the police.
Evans, the kidnapper
The capture of Nigeria’s most-wanted kidnapper should have been a
cause for national celebration in the West African country, which has
been blighted by high-profile abductions and ransom payments for years.
But instead, many Nigerians have been left angry by what they view
as the national media glamorizing the crimes of Chukwudi Dumeme
Onuamadike, popularly known as Evans.
Police in the port city of Lagos captured Evans from Anambra State,
in southeastern Nigeria, earlier in June following a 'gun battle' with
the suspect and his associates.
The 36-year-old is allegedly responsible for the abductions of
numerous victims, including foreign nationals, traditional chiefs and
wealthy businessmen. For some of these, he reportedly demanded ransoms
of up to $1 million—almost 400 times the average annual income of a
person in Nigeria.
Evans, speaking with journalists
Unsurprisingly, Evans is thought to be one of Nigeria’s wealthiest
criminals, owning two mansions in an upmarket Lagos district and another
two in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
But now, Nigerians on social media are fuming over the media scrum
for coverage of Evans. The alleged kidnapper has given interviews to
several major Nigerian outlets, including a nearly nine-minute video
interview with Channels Television, one of the country’s biggest
networks, that has been viewed almost a quarter of a million times on
YouTube. Evans’s wife and family have made emotional appeals for his
release, and photos of his luxury properties have been published.
Evans with police men
This has not gone down well with Nigerians on social media, who
have called for harsh penalties for the alleged criminal. (Earlier in
2017, the Lagos governor signed a decree authorizing the death penalty
for kidnappers in cases in which the victim dies.)
See from sound bites from Twitter below:
For the time being, the fate of one of Nigeria’s most notorious
criminals remains unclear: High-profile trials often take years in
Nigeria, and Evans has reportedly promised to become an anti-kidnapping
ambassador if he is granted a second chance. But one thing is clear:
Nigerians have no time for nonsense on social media.
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