Lagos State Police Command on Saturday said it has arrested four suspects who specialised in killing Uber drivers in the State.
It was gathered that two of the suspects booked a Uber driver one Seyi Fowler to take them to Ajah area of the State.
The suspects identified as Edmond Julius and Saturday Okey and two others involved in the act were arrested at their hideout.
The teenagers stabbed the uber driver, after the incident two of the suspects escaped but they were later arrested.
Parading the suspects on Saturday at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Olarewaju Ishola said the incident occurred on January 9, 2025.
CP Ishola said a uber driver was killed in such in a serious circumstance and the matter was investigated and brought to book Julius and Okey in connection with the crime.
The stolen Toyota Camry was recovered and handed over to the family but unfortunately the uber driver who was stabbed died two days ago.
He said: “The suspects hired a uber man and the suspects stabbed him to death in his vehicle.
It was a chaos between the driver and the suspects that alerted our operatives and two of the suspects ran away from the state.”
The CP said during the investigation two other suspects who were on the run were later arrested, the victim’s vehicle recovered and the vehicle handed over to the family.
He said: “The suspects tired the uber driver leg, hands and cover his mouth and dump his remain on the roadside, where his remain was later recovered.
“I would like to advise those who operate as Uber driver and other commercials in Lagos to be wary of their passengers and if possible should allow them to sit in front of the vehicle, they should also insist their passengers is search to avoid such unfortunate incident we are witnessing.
“We are also going to summon the drivers to meeting to give them some security tips so that they wouldn’t be falling victim again. These is third of its kind reported to the command, two last year and the present one now. Such are the cases of brutality we have witnessed in the State.
“There is also cultism cases on the increase in the State, we don’t believe in jungle justice they will be taken to court.”
Also, on September 17, 2024 another Uber driver was killed and buried at the outskirt of Lagos. The suspects involved were arrested.
The suspects took detectives of the command to where the Uber driver was buried and the vehicle was sold to a car dealer.
CP Ishola added that the vehicle was recovered from the car dealer and the suspects charged to court of competent jurisdiction.
In a similar vain, a 14 years-old girl and her boyfriend fake their abduction to collect money from her parents to help her boyfriend.
The police boss said the teenager who is pregnant for the boyfriend was later arrested after the matter was reported to the police.
“The girl plan with her boyfriend to extort her parents to take care of her boyfriend and her pregnancy, during investigation both of them were arrested in their hideout in Lagos. Parents should know who their daughter is relating with to avoid such cases.”
CP Ishola further assured that Lagos is safe and that the police will continue to keep it safe for everyone in the State.
“So we have a professional assignment to keep Lagos safe. As good citizens we have the obligation as well to make sure that Lagos is safe and working, and residents should endeavor to report to us whenever they see strange things in their environment.”
