Police arrest man for 'stealing Uber driver's car after buying him pepper

 
 
  The Lagos  Police  Command  says its  officers  have arrested a man for allegedly stealing  an Uber  driver's  car.
 
  Lagos  Police  Spokesman  Benjamin  Hundeyin  said the case was reported  to  the  Akinpelu  Police  Division  by  an  anonymous  Uber  driver  on July  5.
 
  Hundeyin said the driver reported that he picked up a passenger,  identified  as Isaiah,  in  his  Toyota  Corolla  from the NNPC filling station in Maryland  to a certain hotel in the Oshodi area of  Lagos.
 
  He said that  the suspect bought food for the driver, a  bowl  of pepper  soup  and  an  energy  drink  at  the  hotel.
 
  "As  the suspect was looking for a cotton  swab  to clean his ear, the driver gave him his car  keys,"  NAN quoted Hundeyin as saying.
 
  "The  driver further said that the suspect went downstairs after collecting the car  keys  and  drove  away  in  his  parked  car.
 
  "However,  a team of police officers  conducting  a  stop  and  search  operation  on  Boladale Street intercepted him.
 
  "As  he could not give a satisfactory  statement  about  the ownership of the car, he was arrested. 
 
  Hundeyin added that the driver  arrived  when  the  police  were about to take the suspect to the  police  station and identified the car. 
 
  He said the suspect  was  detained for further investigation.


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