See Photos of Uber drivers arrested in Lagos for specializing in following female victims to ATM to rob them

Two Uber drivers Fosta Rufus, 30, and Franklin Jogbodo have been arrested by men of the Lagos police Special Anti Robbery squad for robbing their targets at gunpoint. The suspects were said to have admitted to the crime and that they have been involved in robbery operations in the past.

Imohimi Edgal, the Lagos State commissioner of Police paraded the suspects at the command headquarters in Ikeja teld newsmen that the suspects follow their victims to the ATM Machine and forcefully make them to withdraw cash at gun point.

“On one occasion the suspects collected the sum of N86,000 from their victim using her Access Bank ATM. They have both confessed to the crime,”‎ he said.

He said that a KIA Rio with registration number BDG 376 EP used in perpetrating the crime and other valuables, which included Samsung Galaxy 7edge plus and iPhone 6 plus, allegedly collected from their victims identified as Nancy Nzuegbo and Eze Chinonso, were recovered from the suspects.

“I have also directed them to carry out constant raids of back spots. We hope to sustain the current low crime rate in the state”, he said.
In his statement, Franklin denied robbing anybody, saying it was his friend, Fosta who dragged him into the problem.

He said he was the one who introduced Fosta into the Uber cab business.
According to him: “I met Fosta while working with UBA as a driver. I met him again sometime this year. I helped him to register as an Uber driver. It was him who collected the phones that were found on us from some ladies.”