Alleged kidnapper, John Lyon, who used to be viewed flaunting greenbacks on social media has claimed that the bucks belonged to his gang leader, Emmanuel Angase.
The alleged kidnapper, now recognized by way of police as John Ewa, a 30-year-old male from Akwagom-Eruan Community in Boki LGA of Cross River State, stated that he acquired a paltry sum of N5 million from the N125 million his gang acquired as ransom in two kidnap incidents.
Further confessing to the crimes whilst being paraded at the Police Officers Mess in Yenagoa, John claimed that his friends, the kidnap gang, requested him to provide them the tackle of his former boss, Danjuma Omeje and that a few days later, they kidnapped him and accumulated a ransom of N45 million from him.
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He stated that after the operation they gave him N1.5 million as help to care for the clinical payments of his in poor health mom in the hospital. “I additionally gave them the tackle of one Akeem Olushola, who they additionally kidnapped and amassed N80 million as ransom. After that operation, they gave me N3.5 million.”
Meanwhile, Emmanuel Angase, whilst giving an account of the position he performs for the kidnap gang, accused John Ewa of deceptive the public, claiming that he used to be the one who added all the kidnap jobs due to the fact he used to be bitter about the financial institution he used to work sacked him.
“He is lying. We have been caught, so he have to simply receive that reality and inform the truth. John used to be the one who added all the jobs to us. The bucks he flaunted on Facebook belong to him. It is frequent know-how that in a gang, the chief is constantly the richest individual due to the fact he collects the lion’s share of the ransom.”
Addressing newsmen, the Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, Ben Okolo stated “on eighth December 2020, one Akeem Oladele Olushola, forty eight years old, a supervisor of a new era financial institution used to be kidnapped at his dwelling at ancient commissioners quarters, Opolo. He was once launched on the twelfth of December after paying a ransom of N80 million.
Similarly, Danjuma Omeje, forty one years old, a supervisor of a new technology financial institution in Yenagoa used to be kidnapped at his dwelling at Okaka, Yenagoa, on thirtieth July 2022. He was once launched on 14th July 2022 after paying a ransom of N60 million, N30 million money and bucks equal to N30 million.
“Operatives of Operation Restore Peace via painstaking investigation arrested the suspects Emmanuel Charles Angase, 37 years, a native of Azuzuama Community, Southern Ijaw LGA, the chief of the kidnapping gang.
“He operates a kidnapping camp at Sunny-Kiri close to Oluasiri in Nembe Local Government Area with his 2nd in command, one Gballpre Gamage now at large. Police operatives recovered a company new Toyota Avalon he offered tor is white with the proceed of ransom he collected.
“The gang chief Emmanuel Angase has confessed that on thirtieth June 2022 at about 0600 hours, himself, John Ewa and others at giant accosted Danjuma Omeje at the entrance of his residence in OKaka, kidnapped him and fled in a blue Toyota Corolla vehicle with REG NO KJA 225 AY. They took the sufferer to his camp at Sunny-kiri, Oluasiri, and launched him on 14 July 2022 after amassing a N60 million ransom.
“The suspect additionally confessed to the kidnap of Akeem Oladele Olusola, a banker and Nancy Keme Dickson, who used to be kidnapped on 26 December 2015. He additionally confessed to the kidnap of Chinonso Eze and different Igbo businessmen.”
