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STORY OF DERICO NWAMAMA: A NAME NO REAL IGBO MAN WILL EVER FORGET!!! {Thread}

Nigeria has had her fair share of notable armed robbers like Dr Ishola Oyenusi and Abiodun Egunjobi who terrorised the entire South-west. Lawrence Anini who dealt with the entire South-South.

And here is the Story of Derico Nwamama who held the Entire South-East to a stand-still (Especially Anambra State).

His real name is Okwudili Ndiwe A.K.A Derico Nwamama!
Derico started out as a Street Urchin in Onitsha, then graduated to a pickpocket, and then to a dreaded

Criminal whose mere mention of his name sent shivers down the spines of every single human being in the entire South East part of Nigeria.

THE RISE OF DERICO NWAMAMA!
Indeed, long before Derico became famous for his Exploits in the City of Onitsha, The entire Anambra State was

under the control of another Ruthless, Merciless and Cold Blooded Armed Robber known as Chiejina...

Under the Reign of Chiejina and his gang, all residents of Onitsha were living in fear. In fact, a Policeman once told me a horrifying story about Chiejina.
He said that on 16th

of February 1999, two days after valentine celebration, Chiejina, acting on a tip-off besieged a family in Onitsha hoping to get money from the man of the house, but unfortunately, the man didn’t come home with money, he had gone to the bank before going home.

Chiejina became

so enraged that he grabbed the man’s 4months old son, threatened to throw the baby from a 3 storey building, and when the man and his wife weren’t forthcoming with his demands, he flung the baby from 3 storey building and shot the man twice in the head!
HE WAS THAT RUTHLESS!

In fact, Reports have it that he forced families to have incest in front of him for his own amusement. He forced Fathers to sleep with their daughters and Mothers to sleep with their sons, Refusal meant death.

Derico and Chiejina were very good friends at that time and also

colleagues in the Armed Robbery Business, a friendship that started during the famous Umuleri/Aguleri War... But Derico was not based in Onitsha then, he was based in Abuja, the Federal Capital territory and only visited the east from time to time to carry out his robbery

operations with maximum terror.
And after raining a torrent of bullets and gunfire upon the hapless and ill-equipped officers of the Nigerian Police and defenceless Nigerians, he would speed back to his safe haven, with his loot, safe on the laps of power, luxury and comfort.

But according to reports, wahala started in November 1999, when the then Obi Of Onitsha, HRH Obi Ofala Okagbue rallied Onitsha-Ado Youths to help curb the ever rising Crime in the City to enable indigenes who ran away to return for the Christmas Celebration of that year...

Ado youths then sat together with some of the notorious armed robbers to know how to settle them and have peace return to the City of Onitsha.

Chiejina and Derico were present in the meeting!
But after the meeting, the deadly Chiejina refused to stand down, in fact, he attacked

some members of the Ado Youth and became even more ruthless in the entire State!
Ado Youths sought the help of his bosom friend, Derico but it didn’t yield much fruit, so they decided to give him a taste of his own medicine.

They liaised with Derico and some special Police

Officers to raid Chiejina and his gang. The Operation was not totally successful because Chiejina was not present at the time but members of his gang were rounded up and sent to The Central Police Station, Onitsha.

When Chiejina learnt what happened, he felt betrayed by his

bosom friend, Derico, and without thinking about the consequences, called on his right-hand man who also doubled as his bike man, Amobi, to take him straight to Derico’s parent’s house.

On getting there, he met Derico’s father and decorated the man with lots of bullets!!!

Derico heard about it and set out for revenge immediately, he ran into Chiejina close to Emmanuel Church at Ugwunokpamba road, Onitsha and pumped in lots of bullets into the Great Chiejina, and the Iroko of the Underworld fell into a gutter...

Derico then put Chiejina into a

wheelbarrow and wheeled him to the Police Station at Isiokwe, Onitsha.

Unconfirmed report claimed that Chiejina didn’t die on the spot, that while in the wheelbarrow, he begged Derico to kill him and not take him to the Police Station alive. Derico then obliged him and pumped

in one final shot to end the evil reign of one of Nigeria’s meanest Criminals.

On getting to the Police Station, Officers were dancing and celebrating, they lifted Derico up as their Hero and celebrated him as the King of the Town.
Little did they know that they just crowned

a more wicked soul, the King and Protector of Onitsha.

INDEED THE DERICO YOU KNOW WAS “BORN” ON THE DAY HE KILLED CHIEJINA!

After the death of Chiejina, Derico became the undisputed Emperor of Terror in the Land. The Entire Anambra State was in the soup and the environs will

not be spared too!
At some point, Derico used the town of Umuleri as his hideout.
Then from there, he would issue threatening messages to the police that they will pay for killing members of his gang.

He also maintained bases in other towns like Agbor, Benin and Asaba.

Indeed, the people and traders in Onitsha slept with one eye open.

Derico sacked commercial banks in Onitsha, carting away millions of naira. Travellers who had to pass through the state held their breath expecting the hoodlum to strike at any time.

He was described as the personification of terror. Everyone were terrified at the mere whisper of Derico Nwamama.

He took over people’s Lands, Businesses, Wives and all his members including members of his family got away with anything because they were related to him!

At that time, he was said to be invisible and could not be arrested.

He was a master of countless bus robberies and will not blink twice before pumping his hot lead bullets into the beating hearts of helpless victims.

Derico placed a lot of faith and confidence in his charms.

In May 2001, the Anambra State Police Command launched the “Operation Derico”, which was aimed at capturing Derico and his gang members at all cost.

The police managed to arrest some of Derico's men but he was still elusive as he kept operating with reckless abandon.

In the next Thread. I will share the story on “The Fall of Great Derico Nwamama”

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