The Lagos State Police Command has busted a robbery gang that specialises in snatching Uber cars.
WuzupNaija gathered that the gang was led by a female, whose identity the police did not reveal.
The police, however, disclosed that they arrested two members of the gang, identified as Zino Tochukwu Ude and Anumelechi Chris Williams, alongside the woman.
The police said the gang leader was helping them to get other fleeing suspects.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, who paraded the suspects on Thursday at the command headquarters, said an Uber driver picked a female passenger from Oniru to Orchid Hotel by 2nd Toll-gate, Lekki on January 19 at 11:30 am. Unknown to the driver, the woman belonged to a gang of armed robbers.
Edgal said on their way to the said hotel, the woman asked the Uber Driver to pull over, to enable her collect money from her boyfriend. The driver obliged her request and pulled over, but three armed men emerged and robbed him of his Toyota Corolla car, two phones and a cash sum of N20,000 and zoomed off with the woman.
“On receipt of the report, operatives of SARS, Oshodi-Tapa, Lagos Island base, swung into action and visited the scene of incident, where they picked objects of evidential value for analysis.
“The result of the enquiry led to the arrest of two of the suspects involved in the crime, namely: Zino Tochukwu Ude and Anumelechi Chris Williams and the recovery of their operational arms: a cut to size double barrel gun with two live cartridges.
“During interrogation, they confessed to the crime and aided operatives to recover the stolen car. They equally confessed to series of car snatching operations in Lagos and other contiguous states. They also led the operatives to recover one Honda Saloon car which they snatched in Delta State,” he added.
Edgal said an investigation was ongoing with a view to arresting fleeing members of the gang for prosecution.
