A Twitter campaign b
egging for mercy for the arrested kidnap baron, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, alias Evans sparked outrage from Nigerians on Saturday, with some calling the masterminds mad.
The campaign with the hashtag #FreeEvans followed an interview granted the Vanguard newspaper by Uchenna Precious Onwuamadike, the Ghana based Evans wife, in which the woman pleaded for a second chance for a man she had married for 14 years. She also asked for forgiveness for the family.
In the interview, conducted on phone, the 31 year old lady and mother of four claimed she was unaware her man was a kidnapper. She said Evans always told her he was into spare parts business but he never for once took her to his shop.
She also said among other things that she was not aware her husband was rich as the only money he ever gave her was N200,000 when she was taking the kids to South Africa on holidays.
But she did admit that she suspected something was amiss as her husband was very secretive and also shielded them from attending social events.
The pleading met unbridled outrage from Nigerians on Twitter.
We live in a country where some are beginning to feel sympathy for Evans the kidnapper. All of you are mad. Kidnappers deserve no mercy.
You woke up this morning & opened your smelling mouth to say “Free Evans” do you know what it means to pay $1million ×2 ?
Mrs Evans is just an older version of you girls dating Yahoo Boys
Evans’ family: ‘Have mercy on us’
Nigerians:
Everybody partaking in #freeevans may kidnappers locate you..
Ya’l are mad
Evans destroyed families in Festac..
My goodness.
Since they want you to see their faces. This is the definition of crocodile tears and wickedness. The Evans family.
That Evans wife. Is like she doesn’t understand the concept of an ‘accomplice’ in law. Because she’s still free she’s disturbing us
