By Ruth Ogbodu

The Edo State Police Command has arrested one John Ochekwu Abraham for alleged involvement in the death of Usman Umaru, an Uber driver in Lagos.

The Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Moses Yamu, confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City.

SP Yamu said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect and another person at large simply identified as Ahua or Soldier (real name unknown) snatched the deceased’s vehicle at gunpoint in Lagos on October 11, 2024, resulting in his death.

He said the suspect was arrested by the operatives of Safer Highway and Okpella Division in Etsako East Local Government Area during a stop-and-search operation by the operatives.

Items recovered from the suspect’s vehicle are one magazine loaded with 18 AK-47 ammunition and one AK-47 rifle found concealed inside the vehicle’s engine compartment.