Police Arrest Two over Killing of Uber Driver in Lagos

Matilda Omonaiye/

The long arm of the law has caught up with two men who allegedly strangled a Uber cab driver to death in Lagos before stealing and escaping with his car to Delta State.

According to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, the cab driver, Nnobosa Emmanuel, was killed on Sunday at Ogba area of the state and his body was dumped by the roadside on Oremeji Street.

The victims Kia Rio saloon car, marked KTU 594 DM, was then taken to Delta.

Owoseni told reporters at a press briefing that the “suspects posed as passengers and when the driver got to the Ogba area, they strangled him and dumped his body by the road side at Oremeji Street, Ogba”.

Newsmakersng further learnt that the suspects boarded the vehicle at Ikeja, asked the victim to take them to Oke-Ira in Ogba, then changed the destination during the journey and ordered the driver to make a U-turn and take them to Oremeji Street, at Obawole area of Ogba, where he was strangled with a belt by the robbers.

One of the suspects, Osaro Egberomwen, said they were three that participated in the killing of the driver.

He said, “Michael and I met at Ogba where I went to drink and we became friends. I told him how difficult things were for me, that I needed to relocate to Benin to start all over again.

“It was at this point that Michael told me about a deal that could fetch me some money, that we could get a car and then sell it to his boss.

“Michael then told me about one Alex (Emmanuel) who had a vehicle and we agreed to meet the following day. Since then we had been meeting and discussing how to buy the vehicle.

“On the fateful day the Uber driver came, I was with Michael in his office and his friend Destiny was with him but I don’t know if he discussed the vehicle deal with Destiny.

“Around 9:30 p.m, we called the Uber driver to come and pick us at Tantalizer eatery at Ogba. I and Destiny were inside the vehicle with the driver, but Michael was outside while I was holding the belt.

“Immediately I put the belt across the driver’s neck, Destiny dragged the belt and we strangled him. When we were satisfied that he was dead, we took his corpse to Oremeji Street and dumped him in front of a church around 10:30 p.m., without anybody noticing us.

“After killing the driver, we took the vehicle to Michael’s boss to sell it. The buyer then inquired from us where we got the vehicle from and Michael told him that we killed the owner.

“The buyer then said we should take the car away and Michael said we should take it to his house and park it outside, before taking it to another buyer in Benin.

“Later we were tracked to Benin, arrested and brought back to Lagos.”

Owoseni said that the command received a report of a missing Uber driver, whose car was stolen and the driver missing.

“Since then, it has been an issue of concern and detectives through their sustained efforts towards the missing driver, two days ago arrested two suspects in connection with the missing driver,” he said.

Owoseni said that his men, who recovered the stolen car, were still on the trail of other members of the gang.

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