•••KIDNAPPER FINGERED FOR ABDUCTING FORMER GOV’S SISTER
Operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command have made a major break in the ongoing campaign again kidnapping in the state.
The Network gathered that the police have arrested an ex-worker of a new generation bank identified as John Ewa, who was instrumental to so many kidnap incidents in the town.
Investigations revealed that Ewa, an indigene of one of the South Eastern States changed his name from Ewa to Lion and started operating as a top member of a kidnap syndicate in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
It was gathered that his position as a staff of the new generation bank gave him access to privileged information on people which he supplied to his collaborators from the state to kidnap high profile victims.
A source who confided in our correspondent said that the bank which was wary of the suspicious activities of Ewa terminated his appointment and he went full blown into crime.
The Network gathered that the latest crime he and his kidnap ring committed before his arrested was the abduction of a bank manager, Danjuma, in Yenagoa.
Investigations revealed that the same John Ewa alias ‘Lion’ played a central role in the abduction of the younger sister of a former Governor in Bayelsa State.
Intelligence sources said that he supplied information to the ‘bad guys’ who abducted the young lady from her shop in Yenagoa.
It was gathered that Ewa was instrumental to the disturbing abduction of many top Igbo businessmen in Yenagoa, some of who relocated from the state.
Already the police have picked up the younger brother of the wife of a prominent former governorship candidate in the state in connection with the activities of the kidnap ring.
The source said that the in-law to the former prominent governorship candidate had been in detention for three weeks.
The source said that the operatives are still going after a top member of the gang who is on the run.
“Ewa, now in custody, was arrested by operatives of the command in Abuja.
“He was a staff of one of the new generation banks. The guy knows the bank’s operation very well.
“He was sacked due to his activities and he went ahead to arrange jobs for the bad boys.
“John Ewa is his real name. When he came to Bayelsa he started answering John Lion.
“One Emma, a younger brother to the wife of a former Governorship candidate has been arrested.
“Investigations have confirmed that he actually supplied information on the younger sister of a former Governor of the State who was abducted.” A top security source said
Ewa was seen dancing and displaying $100 dollar notes in a video where he was saying ‘to get money for this life, hustle, hustle.”
In another video, Ewa in handcuffs confessed that he had only taken part in two kidnap operations.
He repeatedly begged the police operatives and a victim who told him he round testify against him in court.
He said that he was not involved in the kidnap of the Kogi born bank manager, identified as Danjuma.
He said, “They always call the guy for job. The guy’s name is Millow. Sir thanks please forgive me. Forgive me. I was not involved in your matter.”
But one of the victims of his criminal activities identified him as one of the persons who was seated in a chair while they were brutalizing him.
From the interrogation, Ewa was said to have gone to the bank to pretend as if he was a client trying to open accounts for his children when he was actually monitoring the activities of the bank manager to kidnap him.
Our correspondent couldn’t get the Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Command, Asinim Butswat to comment on the story as the calls to his phone number could not connect.
