Uber Driver Killed In Lagos

Two men, Osaro Egbomrewen and Michael Eyeoekpe have been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command over the alleged killing of an Uber driver, Innevosa Emmanuel in Ogba , Lagos State.


According to the police who paraded them, the suspects under the guise of being passengers, ordered for a taxi using the company's platform. Upon arrival at Ikeja, the deceased was instructed to take them to Oke Ira, Ogba.

The driver was suddenly asked to change route to Oremeji street, Obawole, Ogba, during the trip.

The suspects, including one other, who is currently at large strangled the driver with a belt and stole his car, a KIA Rio Salon car with registration  KTU 594 DM.

The suspects attempt to sell the car to an unsuspecting buyer in Lagos was unsuccessful. They were subsequently tracked by the police after a report of a missing Uber driver was made.

One of the suspect narrating how the crime was perpetrated said,

"I  and Michael 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 sell it to his boss. Michael then told me of 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 9.30p.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 10.30pm, without anybody noticing us. After killiing 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."

Fatai Owoseni, Lagos State Commissioner of Police said they would be charged to court soon."


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