Taxi driver arrested for allegedly running with a passenger's N1.8m

Police arrested Muritala Olugunju, a taxi driver who made away with his passenger's money after dropping him off in a hotel. The victim was said to have left his bag inside the cab to book a room

inside a hotel, Muritala, on noticing his victim had left his bags quickly zoomed off with his belongings.

Muritala , 38, from Ogun State, was said to have picked Mohammed at Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, for shopping, before taking him to a hotel where he wanted to stay. But as Mohammed entered the hotel to book a room, leaving his bags containing his cash and other belongings in the taxi, Olugunju drove off.

Mohammed alerted the police, who trailed Olugunju and arrested him few weeks later. In an interview with Vanguard, the driver said he was pushed by the devil. He explained that he suspected that Mohammed had money in his bag because he didn’t go to the bank or use an ATM throughout their trip. 

He added that: “I gave my girlfriend N200,000 and my sister, N80,000. Then I bought a car for myself which I intended to use for my business, but before I knew what was happening, I was arrested. I regret doing this and I hope my passenger will forgive me.