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Arrested kidnapper Lyon Ewa speaks on his involvement

Lyon Ewa, who was arrested for kidnapping, has spoken about his involvement in the crime.

Ewa, who is widely identified as John Lyon, said he only identified the house of his victim to his gang members. He claimed he was paid N1.5 million for his role.

“I’m not part of it [operations], I was misled to show them where this person is. I wasn’t involved in it,” he said.

“I’m not in the business [kidnap], I didn’t approach Danjuma, I only went there to open an account,” the suspect said during his parade before journalists on Monday.

Emeije, a banker and Ewa’s former boss, was reportedly kidnapped on June 30, 2022, and was released after paying N50m ransom.

Ewa also admitted to receiving N3.5 million for his involvement in the kidnap of another victim identified as Hakeem.

“I didn’t play any role in Hakeem’s kidnap, I just showed them his house. We were driving and I pointed to the house. It was my former boss’s house, that was it,” he claimed.

Ewa’s alleged accomplice, identified as Emma, faulted his claim. Emma said Ewa approached him and other gang members with the proposal to kidnap Hakeem and Danjuma.

“He is lying. I didn’t give him money, it wasn’t me that gave him money. I don’t know those people from anywhere. He is the one that worked with them, I don’t know anything about them,” Emma said.

“He was the one that brought the Hakeem and Danjuma jobs. If anyone can reason, someone that brought a job would have more money than any other person, so why is he lying?

“He brought the job…. [saying] that they sacked him from work and they have money, so let’s kidnap them. Heaven knows I know nothing about those people,” the accomplice added.

 

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