Operatives of the Rapid
Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command have arrested two suspected
robbers who allegedly killed an Uber driver and stole his car.
The Lagos Police spokesman, CSP Chike Oti, said that the suspects
were arrested in Aboki Estate, Lekki, Lagos.
According to a
statement by Oti, the suspects were arrested while removing the parts of the
stolen Hyundai Elantra car with Reg. No. EPE 676 EC for sale to a scrap metal
dealer.
He said the arrest was carried out following a directive from the
new Lagos police boss, CP Zubairu Mu’azu, that the RRS Commander, ACP Olatunji
Disu, should fish out the culprits.
Oti said
investigations by the police revealed that an ex–convict and bus conductor, in
company of three others now at large, had conspired to hijack an Uber car and
sell it off.
”On the said
day, the quartet at around 11 p.m. waved down the deceased, Sunday Obasi, in
Lekki. They told him they were going to Ikate and he charged them N1,000.
”Before getting to their destination, the suspects told the driver
that they wanted to ease themselves. It was at this point they descended on the
driver.
”They killed
him and pushed him off the car into the road before driving the car to Beach
Road, Lekki, where they hid it for two days while looking for buyer and swapped
the number plate of the car with a Volkswagen Passat car (FKJ 708 CA) close
by,” he said.
Oti stated that
investigations were continuing on the case, stressing that the command would
leave no stone unturned towards ensuring that the fleeing suspect are made to face
justice.
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