How we stabbed, killed Taxify driver in Lagos – Car robbery suspects
Two robbery suspects arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad have confessed to the killing of a Taxify driver.
The suspects – Simon Tyozemda, 27, from Benue State; and Lucky Friday, 24, from Delta State – were arrested on Wednesday, 14th March, 2018 with two long knives inside a UBER operated Toyota Camry car.
Police say they wanted to lure the driver to a deserted area on Lekki-Epe expressway and snatch his vehicle.
Simon and Friday’s cover was blown when RRS operatives stopped the vehicle they were riding in for a search and found two knives in their possession.
The duo were also allegedly behind the killing of one Taxify driver, Godfrey Ovie, in February.
They snatched the Taxify driver’s Toyota Corolla along Badore Road, Ajah at bout 2a.m and killed him in the process.
Ovie’s remains was dropped in Badore by the suspects, where it was discovered the following day by the police.
Simon and Lucky had, after snatching the Toyota Corolla, sold it to one Mohammed Usman for N350,000.
Both suspects had met and formed a gang while serving time in Kirikiri prison.
One of the suspects, Simon, a former security guard turned stylist in Badore, said: “I met my colleague, Lucky Friday in Kirikiri Prison. We became friends and when I was released I gave him the number of my brother for him to call me.
“When he was released, I promised him I was going to assist him to resettle properly. Since then, we have been working and operating together.
“Our first operation was where we killed the driver of the Toyota Corrolla. He was a Taxify driver. I stabbed the guy in the stomach twice and I dropped him off the vehicle on the road in Badore, Ajah at after 2a.m. We threw away the knives and bought new ones for the fresh operation we were arrested for.”
Simon continued, “before killing him, I placed the order to Taxify cab to pick us up at Lambasa, Lekki at past 11p.m. Our destination was Abraham Adesanya Estate but we needed a desolate location to snatch the vehicle from the driver.
“It was the same business that took me to kirikiri prison. I was introduced into it by Michael. Unfortunately for me, I was arrested while Michael escaped. I spent four months behind bar. It is sad I’m being arrested again over the same business,” he added.
Police also arrested a middle man identified as 25-year-old John Thankgod who introduced the gang to the buyer of the Toyota Corolla.
The buyer of the car, 41-year-old Mohammed Usman, was also arrested. Mohammed had only paid N100,000 and was to move the vehicle to Jigawa when police arrested him.
