Weeks after actress, Dorcas Shola Fapson accused a Taxify driver of attemted kidnap, stylist and designer, Tolu Bally has shared another horrifying ex
Weeks after actress, Dorcas Shola Fapson accused a Taxify driver of attemted kidnap, stylist and designer, Tolu Bally has shared another horrifying experience at the hands of an Uber driver. Tolu Bally narrated how an Uber driver she got, picked up her mother from their residence in Lekki and drove off-route, thus leading to an altercation between her mother and the Uber driver who threatened to stab the older woman.
“I spoke to the Uber guy and he said he wants to go through the 4th roundabout to avoid traffic which doesn’t make sense seeing as there was no traffic. I asked him to bring my mum back home and he hung up the phone. My mum called back, screaming that the guy isn’t listening to her and all. I asked her to put me on speaker phone since he has refused to speak with me and told him to let her come down from his car if he can’t bring her back home.
“Please note at this point the guy had gone offline and we couldn’t trace them. I kept calling my mum’s who was obviously screaming and crying in the car; telling him to drop her or take her home. At this point I knew something was wrong. So I left the studio and headed to the 4th roundabout, all this while I kept calling my mum but wasn’t picking, eventually she picked her calls and said the guy threatened to stab her and take her to an unknown destination no one would find her. I didn’t know what to do. I told my mum to stay on the phone so I can monitor them whilst driving to them.
“All through, they kept exchanging insults. My mum kept telling him, “my children will find me” and all. I noticed we weren’t getting anywhere so I told my mum to wind down the door glass and scream for help. She did as she was told and also grabbed him from the back with his t-shirt. They got into a small traffic and passersby heard so he had to pull over. My mum at this point had lost all energy and was shaking.
“The witnesses seeing how rough and unkempt the Uber driver was, asked him for his ID. He acted like he was going to get it from the car and ran away. I was able to track them down and found out that the Uber guy, who picked my mum from my house, was different from the guy in the Uber app picture. I have reported to the police and my brother has tried to reach Uber but the response has been slow and doesn’t look like they understand the gravity of this offense. They only gave 12 Akinsanya Street to the police as the location of the driver. But there are quite a number of such address in Lagos.
“We cannot even trace the guarantor’s address. This guy is still working with Uber, and they have not asked him to make himself available for interrogations. I never believed the story of people using Uber for kidnapping till now that it happened to me.”
