Security agencies in Bayelsa State are investigating the
identity of Suoyo mentioned by the notorious billionaire kidnap kingpin,
Chukwudumeje Onwuamadike, aka Evans, as one of his gang members in the state.
Evans, in one of his numerous confessional statements, named
Suoyo as one of the active members of his gang, who had the assignment of
buying arms and ammunition for their operations.
He said: “When Suoyo, who lives in Bayels State, called me
and expressed fears, I also assured him that nothing was going to happen. I
told him I was making plans for another operation and needed him to go into the
creeks and buy a new set of arms and ammunition”.
But security commanders in Bayelsa were said to have met
over the weekend to analyse Evan’s confessional statement to unmask the real
identity of Suoyo.
In the meeting which held in Government House in the
presence of Governor Seriake Dickson, the security commanders were said to be
certain that that the Suoyo mentioned by Evans was the same person recently
arrested by the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
(NSCDC) in the state.
Suoyo Dickson was arrested and paraded on Thursday by
the state Commandant of NSCDC, Mr. Desmond Agu, in connection with the recent
attack on a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC).
Suoyo, popularly known as Hustler, reportedly led a gang of
vandals that attacked the Agip pipeline at Lagosgbene, Southern Ijaw Local
Government Area of the state on May 30, 2017.
He was, however, arrested on June 16, 2017 at Agbigiba
community in Southern Ijaw.
Suoyo, in his confessional statement, also admitted having
some criminal camps in the creeks saying he led an oil and gas task force
operating in Southern Ijaw to destroy the camps but became frustrated when the
task force failed to reward him.
On how he attacked the pipeline, Evans said;: ”I used two
handsaw blades and handsaw to open up the point, I cut the handle in the valve,
I fetched 20 litres of petrol, I lit spark lighter and threw it into the pipe
and burnt it.”
”I burnt the pipeline because the task force did not
keep to their promise of employing us after making us to show them our
bunkering camps and the subsequent destruction by the military.
”We showed them our camps, eight of them. All the camps did
not belong to me. Three were mine while other groups have five. After showing
them, the task force engaged the military to destroy our camps.
”The other groups, whose camps were destroyed were not happy
with me. They said I betrayed them and they started planning to kill me and my
family members. The situation put me under pressure more so the employment they
promised all of us after seven days did not materialize”.
It was gathered that Agu, after parading the suspect, handed
him over to the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe (ODS) for further investigations.
A security source, who spoke in confidence, said at the
meeting of the security commanders in Yenagoa, which was attended by the heads
of ODS, the police and NSCDC, it was agreed that Suoyo should be subjected to
further investigations.
Following Evans’ confession, the security heads were said to
be linking him to the theft of service rifles of security operatives especially
policemen in the state.
They recalled many attacks on operatives by criminals, who
only fled with arms and ammunition handled by their victims.
“The security heads also agreed to compile a list of such
stolen arms and ammunition in the state and send it to the Force Headquarters
to know whether they were among the ones recovered from Evans.
“The Suoyo mentioned by Evans seems in all ramifications to
be the same suspected arrested by the NSCDC recently in connection with attack
on a pipeline. The security heads in the state believe so and they will surely
carry out further investigations to determine his linkage with the Evans’
gang.”
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