Security agencies in Bayelsa State are probing 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
materialise”.
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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