The Lagos Police Command has arrested two bus conductors, 22-year-old Lateef Sodiq and 21-year-old Tunde Lawal for robbing a motorist of his Honda saloon car, The Punch reports.
The duo were arrested by men of the Alakara Police Division, Lagos, who were on their trail.
Sodiq said on Wednesday after concluding his bus conducting duty, he and other members of the gang snatched the Honda at Sabo area of Yaba, Lagos and dumped the driver of the vehicle at Obanikoro along Ikorodu Road.
He said, “We did not beat the owner of the vehicle, we just asked him for the security codes of the car.
“This is the second time I would follow the gang to snatch a vehicle. I was given N50,000 the first time my gang took me along on an operation. Our leader is called Coded. He has not been caught since he ran way.
“I have been an armed robber for just one month. I came to Lagos from my state, Kwara, last year when I could no longer stand the farming business my father forced me into when he could no longer sponsor me to school.
“Now, I really feel bad about what I have done. I regret my life now. By the grace of God, if I am released, I will run back to my village immediately.”
Sodiq added, “When I finished primary six, my father did not have money for me to continue schooling,” he said.
Lawal on his part said he took the robbery because bus conducting was tough.
“My work as a bus conductor is a tough job, that’s why I decided to join the robbery gang. But now, I know better, the problem in robbery is worse. I wish I can just be released to go back to my conductor business,” he said.
“I don’t hold a gun, all I did was gather money, phones and other valuables,” he said.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, has said efforts were being made to arrest other members of the gang.
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