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Three suspects, who connived to kill an Uber driver
in Lagos State, yesterday confessed that they did it in order to sell the
deceased’s car and raise some money.
The suspects have been identified as Osharon
Egberanmuen 31, Michael Eyeoekpe 27 and
one Destiny.
According to the police, Destiny, who is still at
large, assisted in the killing of the driver, identified as Neobasa Alex Emmanuel.
The three men dispossessed the deceased of
his KIA RIO salon car, marked KTU 594DM.
The suspects were arrested by policemen attached to
the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.
The suspects confessed to have tailed the Uber
driver for days before they eventually cornered and killed him. Immediately they
killed him, they dumped his corpse in front of a church at Ogba and started
looking for a buyer for the car.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai
Owoseni, presenting the suspects to journalists, said the command received a report
that Emmanuel was missing, with his car.
Owoseni said: “Detectives, through sustained efforts
two days ago, arrested two suspects in connection with the disappearance of the
driver and his car. The suspects, who posed as passengers, strangled the deceased
and dumped his remains at Ogba. The car was taken to Delta State, where the
suspects were arrested and the car recovered.”
On the fateful day of the murder, the suspects,
posing as passengers, boarded the car of Emmanuel at Ikeja.
They told Emmanuel they were going to Oke-Ira, in
Ogba. After driving for a while, one of them suddenly asked Emmanuel to make a
U-turn and take them to Oremeji Street, Obawole area of Ogba. Emmanuel was
killed there.
Recalling the murder, Egberanmuen said: “We’re three
that participated in the killing of the driver. I and Michael met at Ogba where
I went to drink and became friends. I told how difficult things were for me. I also
told him that I needed to relocate to Benin to start all over because things were
not moving for me. It was at this point that Michael told me about a deal. He said
it would fetch money. He said we could get a car and sell it to his boss.
“Michael then told me about one Alex who has a car.
We agreed to meet the following day. Since then, we’ve been meeting to discuss
on how to steal the car. On the fateful day, the Uber driver came; I was with
Michael in his office. His friend, Destiny was with him. But I didn’t know if
he discussed the deal with Destiny.”
Egberanmuen continued: “Around 9:30pm, we called the
Uber driver to come and pick us at Tantalizer Eatery at Ogba. I and Destiny
were inside the vehicle with the driver, but Michael was outside. I held the
belt. Immediately I put the belt across the driver’s neck, Destiny dragged the
belt and we strangled him. When we were satisfied that he was dead, we took his
corpse to Oremeji Street and dumped him in front of a church. The time by then
was around 10:30pm. We made sure nobody saw us.”
According to Egberanmuen, after killing Emmanuel, the
suspects took the car to Michael’s boss for sale.
After checking out the car, the man asked them where
they got it. They confessed that they killed the owner and stole the car. The man
immediately rejected the car and ordered to leave.
Egberanmuen said: “Michael said we should take the
car to his house and parked it outside. The idea was to look for buyer in
Benin. We were however tracked to Benin by police and arrested.”
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