He was never a student – UNICAL dissociates Institution from suspected kidnap kingpin, John Ewa.
University of Calabar(UNICAL) management has dissociated itself from arrested kidnap kingpin, John Ewa, otherwise known as John Lyon . The Registrar of the institution, Mr. Gabriel Egbe, in a statement released on Wednesday, September 28, asserted that John Ewa, arrested for kidnappings in Bayelsa State, was never a student of the university, nor did he graduate from UNICAL. This comes after multiple reports alleged that the suspect is a graduate of the University of Calabar. John Lyon’s Facebook bio also reads “Studied at the University of Calabar”. The school management in the statement urged members of the public to “discountenance any information linking Ewa to their prestigious university.” “The Management of the University of Calabar has described as fallacious, a news item making the rounds and linking their prestigious ivory tower to the recently arrested kidnapper, John Ewa”, a statement released by the register read in part. Meanwhile, appre...