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The FCT Police Command has refuted a newspaper report that an Uber driver was allegedly killed by armed robbers in Abuja.
Spokesperson of the command, ASP Josephine Adeh, in a statement on Tuesday, clarified that police investigations suggest that the said Uber driver was shot following an altercation that ensued between him and an unidentified person over a parking space.
Adeh, in the statement, said the clarification had become necessary in order to disabuse the minds of residents who may have come across the misleading information.
According to her, “Preliminary investigations by the police have it that, 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 snowballed into physical violence which resulted in the armed latter shooting the Uber Driver and taking to his heels.
“Upon receipt of the information of the unfortunate incident, operatives from the Garki Police Division drafted 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.”
Adeh enjoined members of the public to go about their lawful duties without fear or apprehension from any quarters, assuring that the police are on top of the situation and will make the FCT unbearable for criminal elements and their enterprises.
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