Sunday, January 12, 2025 - The police in Lagos state have arrested a 21-year-old US returnee, David Segun, and two others for allegedly k!lling an Uber driver in the Obalende area of Lagos state on January 9.
Confirming their arrest to newsmen, the state Commissioner of Police,
Ishola Olanrewaju, stated that Segun and his friends, Emeka Akwara 19, Samuel
Ariori 21 and Lukman Ariori 19, ordered an Uber ride from Chevron in Lekki to
Obalende at midnight on Thursday, January 9 and when they got to Obalende,
teamed up to murder the Uber rider and carted away his vehicle.
“On January 9, 2025, at about midnight, a case of conspiracy, armed
robbery and m#rder was reported. One Emeka Akwara 19yrs, David Segun, 21yrs,
Samuel Ariori, 21yrs and Lukman Ariori, 19yrs ordered an Uber at Chevron
in the Lekki area – en-route to Obalende. On getting to Obalende in a lonely
area, they robbed and killed the Uber driver by st@bbing him multiple times in
the neck, unfortunately, they were unable to snatch the vehicle.
With the intervention of good Samaritans within the environs, two
suspects were immediately arrested and were handed over to police operatives
attached to Lion Building. “
CP Ishola mentioned that two other fleeing suspects were arrested in the
Chevron area of the state.
While pointing at him, Olanrewaju said,
“This is their team leader. He was sent home from America by his father.
The mother at home could still not handle him. The failure of society is placed
on the police. We are not complaining, it is a job we signed up for. They will
be facing criminal prosecution right from Monday. I wonder the value of what
this vehicle will fetch in the market that made them snuff the life out of the
owner. Probably the man even took the vehicle on hire purchase''he said
The police boss said the corpse of the deceased has been deposited in
the morgue at Mainland Hospital, Yaba.
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