NEWSUPDATE: Police arrested a suspected notorious kidnap kingpin John Lyon who has terrorised Bayelsa for seven years
Bayelsa Police Command on Monday in Yenagoa paraded an Abuja socialite, John Eka Ewa aka John Lyon, alleged to have colluded with others to terrorise the State for years through kidnap of top bankers, businessmen and prominent persons. The flamboyant suspected kidnapper was paraded with some of his gang members and other criminals by Commissioner of Police, Mr Ben Nebolisa Okolo, at a briefing in Yenagoa. Other suspects were paraded in connection with armed robbery, cult activities, pipeline vandalism, murders, among others. The parade of John Ewa confirmed TrcackNews report that the police authorities in the State had perfected plans to parade him and others. Parading the suspects, CP Okoli said the kidnap gang was responsible for over 10 high profile kidnaps in the State over a period of seven years and became super rich from the proceeds of ransoms running into millions. The CP said the operatives of Operation Restore Peace, through painstaking investigation, arrested the foll...