Popular music act, Morell has been allegedly gang-robbed by an Uber driver and two others at about 9 pm around Central Area in Abuja.
Morell’s manager, King Akan, who spoke with TheNewsGuru reporting the incident said, Morell was heading to Sheraton Hotel for an appointment, and as they rode past Silverbird cinemas, the Uber driver suddenly parked saying that fuel was finished.
TheNewsGuru gathers that after a brief deliberation with the Uber driver, in disgust Morell and a friend who was accompanying him for the appointment went out of the car.
“Immediately, two men came out of the dark bush nearby and attacked them,” the manager narrated.
TheNewsGuru reports the armed robbers were able to get away with substantial sum of money, mobile phones and other important documents, as confirmed by the manager.
The case has been reported to Uber office in Abuja and the Police, and the driver is under police custody with the case being investigated.