» Passenger Kills Driver, Absconds With His Audi 80 Car «

Men of the Edo State Police Command have
arrested a 33-year old man, Kelvin
Omoregbe, for killing a cab driver and
absconding with the victim’s Audi 80 car.
The suspect reportedly contacted the
victim’s family and demanded for $30,000
as ransom after attempts to take the car to
Lagos failed.
The Nation gathered that the 67-year old
victim, Deacon Sunday Arigame, a retiree of
the Nigerian Telecommunication (NITEL),
had been hired once by the suspect and
they exchanged phone numbers.
The suspect, according to reports, called
Arigame at about 2pm three weeks ago to
take him to his building site at Ovbiogie
village in Ovia North East local government
area of the state.
Omoregbe, who is being detained at the
police headquarters, said he pretended to
lodge at a hotel at Oluku and bought
pegging woods with which he planned to
perpetrate the act.
The suspect said he did not lodge at the
hotel but only waited outside the hotel gate
to create the impression of a rich man.
Omoregbe, who claimed to have dropped
out of Junior Secondary School, on arrival
at the lonely site, took out the woods he
bought and intentionally left his bag in the
car.
He said, “After hitting him, I took his phone
and drove his car to Lagos that night. Along
Ekpe road near Lagos, I ran into a team of
policemen on patrol and narrowly escaped
arrest when they demanded for the vehicle
particulars.”
“I abandoned the car and return to Benin. I
decided to poise as a member of a kidnap
gang and started demanding money from
the family.”