Bayelsa State Police Monday paraded ‘Abuja Big boy’ John Lyon and his kidnap gang members and he has been speaking about his involvement in the crimes committed by the gang.
Lyon who was arrested on Saturday in Abuja was paraded with three members of the gang at the Police Officers mess in Yenogoa and in his confessions he revealed that it was only N1.5m he made from kidnapping.
“I was actually involved in this kidnapping of Danjuma but I was not aware that it is kidnapping. I was told they have a business together and that I should just tell them where he is staying. I was working in Sterling Bank as a cleaner. I left the bank in 2003 when I resigned.
“I am not that kind of person; I have a handwork that I do and its interior decoration. I was just involved in this matter, the money given to me was not what I was entitled to, I was not fully involved.
“I was told it’s a N30m deal and I was given N1.5m which was like a dash (gift) because my mum was actually ill in the hospital. The sharing of the ransom was giving to me as a dash (gift).”
Gangsters...John Lyon and his co-conspirators.