Two bus conductors, 22-year-old Lateef Sodiq and 21-year-old Tunde Lawal, have been nabbed by men of the Lagos State Command after robbing a motorist of his Honda saloon car.

The duo are members of a car-snatching gang operating in Lagos.

According to the suspects, they “supplement” their work as bus conductors with robbery.

Sodiq said he was arrested in a bus by men of the Alakara Police Division, Lagos, who were already on his trail without his knowledge.

He said on Wednesday, after concluding his bus conducting duty, he went to meet other members of his gang and they snatched the Honda at Sabo area of Yaba, Lagos and dumped the driver of the vehicle at Obanikoro along Ikorodu Road.

Sodiq said he was not educated beyond primary school.

Lawal on the other hand, explained that he thought robbery would be an easier job than his normal bus conducting work.

Lawal explained that he was introduced to the gang by Sodiq.

According to him, the gang gave him the duty of ransacking any vehicle they snatched and gathering every valuable found in such vehicles.

The Oyo State indigene said he did not know other members of the gang except Sodiq.

He said the first operation he participated in, they were almost arrested when the police chased them but they escaped.

Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, has said efforts were being made to arrest other members of the gang.