From bank dispatch rider to kidnapper: John Ewa stuns Nigerians

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The suspected kidnap kingpin arrested in Abuja has been identified as John Ewa as against Lyon John 

According to the police, before he went into full-time crime, Ewa John was a dispatch rider for a commercial bank 

While working at the bank, Ewa, reportedly run several errands for his superior which gave him access to privileged information which was supplied to criminal

 The story of John Ewa, the suspected kidnap kingpin behind a series of high-profile kidnap incidents in BayelsasState that was recently arrested by operatives of Operation Puff Adder in Abuja has stunned Nigerians. Vanguard reports that as against the name Lyon John that trended on social media, the suspect’s real name is John Ewa.

Here are some you need to know about him:

1. He changed name to John Lyon when he was a dispatch rider at a commercial bank. He was sacked due alleged involvement in criminal activities at the bank.
2. While working at the bank who had access to privileged information due to him running errands for superiors supplied to criminal elements to carry out operations.
3. After he was sacked, Ewa recruited boys to run a kidnap syndicate with specialisation in kidnapping high profile residents of the state…