The news in circulation that armed robbers killed an Uber driver in the Garki Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is not true, the Police has said.
DSP Josephine Adeh,
Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement on behalf of the Commissioner of Police
FCT Police Command, said the need to disabuse the minds of residents who may have come across the misleading information.
The CP, said preliminary investigations by the Police have it that, on Monday 16/1/2023 at about 10 pm, an altercation ensued between an Uber driver and another whose names are yet to be known, over a parking space along Gimbiya street, Garki.
The altercation was said to have snowballed into physical violence which resulted in the armed latter shooting the latter (Uber Driver) and taking to his heels, the statement added.
She said: “Upon receipt of the information of the unfortunate incident, operatives from the Garki Police Division quickly drafted officers to the scene and rescued the injured Uber driver to the nearest hospital where he is currently recuperating.
“The Commissioner of Police, FCT Police Command, CP Sadiq Abubakar, has directed discrete investigations and an aggressive manhunt to identify and apprehend the fleeing suspect.
“The CP has equally directed the deployment of intelligent assets of the command to the area with a mandate to strengthen its security architecture.”
Members of the public are enjoined to go about their lawful duties without fear or apprehension from any quarters bearing in mind that the Police are on top of the situation and will make the FCT unbearable for criminal elements and their enterprises, the statement, added.
DSP Josephine Adeh,
Police Public Relations Officer,
For: The Commissioner of Police
FCT Police Command,
Abuja