The Bayelsa state police command will be arraigning celebrity kidnapper John Ewa (Lyon) on Wednesday, November 30.
John was arrested in September this year.
Via a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Asinim Butswat, John Lyon and his cohorts will be arraigned in High Court 6, Yenagoa, today.
“The celebrity kidnapper John Ewa ‘aka’ John Lyon and others will be arraigned in High Court 6, Yenagoa, today 30 November 2022, by 0900 hours.”
Lyon upon his arrest confessed to his involvement in two kidnap incidents. He claimed that his friends made him give the address of Danjuma Omeje to them and a few days later, they kidnapped Omeje and collected a ransom of N45 million from him.
According to John, he got N1.5 million from this and used this to take care of his sick mother in the hospital.
“I also gave them the address of one Akeem Olushola, who they also kidnapped and collected N80 million as ransom. After that operation they gave me N3.5 million.”he said.