Before his arrest Lyon operated like a baron acting big boy and living in expensive hotels in Abuja. He was also a known member of the All Progressives Congress, his elder brother David Lyon ran for the governorship position in Bayelsa State in 2019.
But behind the facade White Lion dubbed the “Hushpuppi with no laptop” is a member of a ruthless kidnap and robbery gang whose operational base is the Niger Delta region, their latest crime was when he and his gang collected N50m from a victim named Danjuma.
Police detectives from Bayelsa tracked him to Abuja and as was seen on a video in social media, he confessed to doing two kidnap jobs.
In the video, he was seen handcuffed and down on his knees begging for forgiveness saying: “My wife just put to bed.
“I beg make una forgive me,” said Lyon amidst sobs.