Lagos Uber driver allegedly absconds with passenger’s passport, $2,000

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File illustration picture showing the logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone next to the picture of an official German taxi sign in Frankfurt, September 15, 2014. A Frankfurt court earlier this month instituted a temporary injunction against Uber from offering car-sharing services across Germany. San Francisco-based Uber, which allows users to summon taxi-like services on their smartphones, offers two main services, Uber, its classic low-cost, limousine pick-up service, and Uberpop, a newer ride-sharing service, which connects private drivers to passengers - an established practice in Germany that nonetheless operates in a legal grey area of rules governing commercial transportation. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Files (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CRIME LAW TRANSPORT)

First time visitor to Nigeria, Mongy Mathobela, got more than she bargained for when an Uber driver allegedly absconded with her passport and money.

According to The PUNCH, she took to her Twitter and Instagram accounts to narrate her experience, stating that the driver abandoned her at Lekki, Lagos, where she stopped to make some purchases at the roadside.

She alleged that the driver absconded with her bag containing her passport, $2000 and N500, 000 cash.

She wrote, “I’m a visitor in Nigeria. I went to the bank to withdraw money in Lekki, so he saw the money that I had in my bag.

“He left me stranded on the road. Luckily, I had my phone on me because I wanted to buy something on the side of the road. I even bought him food and paid him more than what he was supposed to be paid and inside my bag, it was my passport and money 500k naira and $2000.

“Please help me share this so that I can get my passport and go back to my country, my flight is on Thursday I do not have a passport. Pls, help.”

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