Two Uber drivers, who specialise
in robbing women of their valuables at gunpoint, have been nabbed by men of the
Lagos State police command.
The drivers, Fosta Rufus, 30, and
Franklin Jogbodo, according to the Special Anti Robbery squad boss, Mohammed
Sanusi, pick up their targets around Lekki, Ajah and Victoria Island areas of
Lagos.
Lagos State Police commissioners,
Imohimi Edgal, who paraded the suspects at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja,
said the suspects follow their victims to ATM machine from where they would
force them to withdraw cash at gunpoint.
He added that the suspects have
admitted participating in three different robbery operations in the past.
“On one occasion the suspects
collected the sum of N86,000 from their victim using her Access Bank ATM. They
have both confessed to the crime,” he said.
He said that a KIA Rio with
registration number BDG 376 EP used in perpetrating the crime and other
valuables, which included Samsung Galaxy 7edge plus and iPhone 6 plus,
allegedly collected from their victims identified as Nancy Nzuegbo and Eze
Chinonso, were recovered from the suspects.
The Lagos police boss said he had
directed all Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers to maintain police
visibility in major roads and neighbourhood across the metropolis.
“I have also directed them to
carry out constant raids of back spots. We hope to sustain the current low
crime rate in the state”, he said.
In his statement, Franklin denied
robbing anybody, saying it was his friend, Fosta who dragged him into the
problem.
He said he was the one who
introduced Fosta into the Uber cab business.
According to him: “I met Fosta
while working with UBA as a driver. I met him again sometime this year. I
helped him to register as an Uber driver. It was him who collected the phones
that were found on us from some ladies.”
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