The Rubbers. |
The
operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a unit of the Lagos State Police
Command have arrested two suspected robbers for killing a UBER driver and
stealing his Hyundai Elantra, car with the registration number EPE 676 EC.
The
arrest of the suspects followed a directive from the new State Police
boss ,Zubairu Muazu to the Commander of the RRS, Olatunji Disu that the
culprits should be fished out and made to face the full wrath of the law .
The
two suspects: Humble Peter Robert, 33, and Gideon Achibong, 36, were arrested
on Monday 4, February 2019 at about noon in Aboki Estate, Lekki, Lagos, while
removing the car parts for sale to a scrap metal dealer.
Investigations
by the police revealed that Peter – Robert, an ex–convict and a bus conductor,
in the company of three others, now at large, had three days before his arrest
conspired to hijack a UBER car and sell it off.
On
the said day, the quartet: Emma, David, Dolapo and Peter – Robert at around
11:00 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.
According
to Peter – Robert, “I was sitting in front of the car with the driver. We
seized and hit him with stones several times. He complained that he was sick.
We pushed him beside the road and went away with the car, a wine colour Hyundai
Elantra.
At
the Beach Road, Lekki, where we parked the car, we swapped the number plate of
the car with a Volkswagen Passat car (FKJ 708 CA) close by. We left it for two
days hoping to contact buyers for the car.”
He
continued; “Emma, also a UBER driver, is our ring leader. He noticed that the
driver was operating offline before deciding that we hijack the car from him.
The following day when one of us visited where we hijacked the car. He noticed
the guy’s remains was already in police body bag.'
'We
contacted Archibong to assist us in disposing off the car. The buyers we
invited indicated that they can only buy the car parts. It was in the process
of dismantling the car that RRS patrol vehicle spotted us and arrested two of
us. Emma, Dolapo and David are on the run.”
Commenting
on the development, the Commissioner of Police Zubairu Muazu stated that
investigations were continuing on the case. He noted that the Command would
leave no stone unturned towards ensuring that the fleeing suspect are made to
face justice.
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