On June 18, 2018, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abba Jimeta, Chief of Staff to Adamawa Governor Mohammed Jibrilla Bindow, died in Saudi Arabia while performing Umrah – the lesser Hajj.
He passed away in the early hours of Monday, June 18, 2018, in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ahmad Sajoh, announced it in an official statement. He was 59 years old and reportedly died after a brief illness.
According to the family and state government, he was buried the same afternoon in Makkah according to Islamic rites.
Governor Bindow declared 3 days of mourning in Adamawa State starting June 18, 2018, and urged residents to pray for his soul.
Kidnapper Evans led police to detention camps in Igando and Ikotun, Lagos where captives were kept
On June 18, 2017, Notorious kidnap kingpin Chukwudi Onwuamadike, alias Evans led operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team to two detention camps in Lagos where he held abducted victims for ransom.
The separate buildings, located in New Igando and Jakande Estate, Ejigbo near Ikotun, were where captives were kept for days or months while negotiations for ransom went on.
Evans took police first to a flat at 21 Prophet Asaye Close, New Igando. He said he rented the building for N1m per year. The second camp was on Green Street, Jakande Estate, Ejigbo, which he said he rented in 2010 for N750,000 per annum.
A third camp on Gowon Estate, Egbeda, could not be visited that Sunday.
“I have just three camps in Lagos where I kept some of the victims I kidnapped. One of them is this house on Jakande Estate; the others are in the New Igando and on Gowon Estate,” Evans disclosed.
He claimed he never visited the camps personally. “I don’t come to the camps, I have my boys on the ground and they give me information on a daily basis,” he said.
At the Jakande Estate camp, Evans said he held Chief Udoji, from whom he collected a $1m ransom. Another victim, Emesbos, paid $300,000, while a third paid $250,000.
The New Igando/Ikotun camp was linked to the abduction of Chief Donatus Duru, a pharmacist whose family paid €23m ransom before he escaped. Evans said: “Whenever the pressure from the police is much, I usually move my victims to another camp”.
Evans was arrested on Saturday, June 10, 2017, at one of his two mansions in Magodo Estate after a shootout with the IRT, Lagos Anti-Kidnapping Unit and Technical Intelligence Unit. Six gang members, including Nwosu Chukwuma aka _Sudo_ and Uchechukwu Amadi who ran the Igando camp, were also arrested.
Police sources described the 36-year-old as the most notorious kidnapper in Nigeria, on their watchlist for 7 years, and believed to have received millions of dollars in ransom.
Speaking after the camp tour, Evans said his arrest “signals the beginning of the end of kidnapping in Nigeria”.
The discovery of the camps shocked residents of Igando and Ikotun, as the buildings looked like ordinary flats in busy neighborhoods.
Damboa Attack Kills At Least 31 in Borno State
On June 18, 2018, at least 31 people were killed after two suicide bombers attacked Damboa town, local authorities confirmed. The explosions struck the town, causing multiple casualties and injuries.
Security forces and emergency responders were deployed to the scene to assist survivors and restore order. Officials said investigations are ongoing to determine how the attackers accessed the area.
Damboa, located in southern Borno, has faced repeated security challenges over the past decade due to insurgent activity in the region.
