Nigeria, Sept. 8 -- The police in Lagos have arrested three suspects who allegedly conspired to murder a 27-year-old Uber driver, Morenikeji Stephen, and made away with his Toyota Corolla saloon car.

This was contained in a statement released on Wednesday, by Adekunle Ajisebutu, the police spokesperson.

Mr Ajisebutu said the suspects "gruesomely murdered" the driver and were arrested by detectives attached to the Meiran Police Division in the state.

The police said the suspects requested the service of the Uber driver online, lured him to the Meiran area and strangled him to death.

"The suspects, after the dastardly act, dumped his body on the Abule Egba bridge, along the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway and made away with his Toyota Corolla...