The police in Lagos State have arrested two men who allegedly dispossessed an Uber driver of his car, N20, 000 and cell phones, while pretending to be passengers. CP Imohimi Edgal, Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, told newsmen on Thursday that the Uber driver was tricked into the robbers’ net by a female accomplice. “On October 19, 2018 at about 11:30a.m, an Uber driver picked a female passenger from Oniru to Orchid Hotel by 2nd Toll-gate, Lekki, unknown to him the woman belonged to a gang of armed robbers. “On their way to the woman’s destination she asked the driver to pull over to enable her collect money from her boyfriend. “During interrogation, they confessed to the crime and aided the operatives to recover the stolen car.

Source: Punch January 31, 2019 18:22 UTC