Police Arrest Serial Killers Responsible For Stabbing Two Ride-Hailing App Drivers

Police Arrest Serial Killers Responsible For Stabbing Two Ride-Hailing App Drivers

Two members of a syndicate specializing in killing drivers of ride-hailing apps and selling their cars have been apprehended by police in Lagos State.

Roqib Moshood and his alleged accomplice, Olawale Kolawole, were arrested, while efforts are underway to apprehend other fleeing gang members, including Yusuf Adeyemi.

Yusuf Adeyemi, together with Roqib Moshood, allegedly murdered a ride-hailing app driver named Oluwaseun Adeniran and abandoned his body by the roadside before stealing his vehicle.

The suspects often used innocent victims to carry out their criminal acts, according to a source.

In one instance, 22-year-old Moshood, on April 12, persuaded his neighbor’s son, Taofiq Sanni, to help him request the services of driver Adeniran, 43.

After accepting Sanni’s ride request, Adeniran drove Moshood and Adeyemi from the Ojodu area to a destination near the Fagbem Filling Station area, close to the Long Bridge end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

During the journey, the suspects allegedly instructed the driver to take a desolate road beside the Long Bridge, claiming they were going there to pick up a friend. Moshood explained, “The incident happened around 9 pm, and we told the driver to pass through Fagbem to link the road beside the Long Bridge. We know the area is usually abandoned, and we convinced him by saying we were going there to pick up a friend.”