Trotro Mate Captured On Camera Allegedly Taking Chobo: "His Master Go Bore Rough"

• A video of a man working as a trotro mate was captured in a trending TikTok video allegedly stealing from his driver
• In the video, the trotro mate hid behind a sprinter bus to allegedly shortchange his boss from their earnings
• Many Ghanaians who chanced on the video of the incident thronged the comments section to share their views

A Ghanaian bus conductor, locally known as trotro mate, was caught on camera allegedly stealing from his boss.

The footage, which went viral on social media, appeared to show the trotro mate hiding behind a sprinter bus shortchanging his boss in what is known in the Ghanaian local parlance as chobo.

In the video sighted by YEN.com.gh, the bus conductor was captured dividing what seemed like their daily sales for the day and placing half of it in his back pocket.

Chobo is frowned upon by commercial bus drivers operating under the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU).

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However, it is a common phenomenon that continues to persist within the commercial transport industry in the country.

Video of trotro mate's alleged theft trends

The video of the trotro mate's alleged act of thievery went viral on social media, attracting significant engagement from netizens.

As of the time of drafting this report, the video had garnered close to 30,000 likes and more than 930 comments on TikTok.

YEN.com.gh has compiled a few of these reactions.

@messiahs_o_junior commented:

"Trotro mate is better than Bank Manager."

@EmmanuelAsiedu56 replied:

"At the end of the day, the teller or the manager will still be richer than mate."

|@Quame also commented:

"Relax he’s just separating the fuel money."

@Obaapa Praises said:

"Who noticed that he didn't put the money in his pocket again after getting to know that someone was filming him."

@godwindziedzorm also said:

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"You see where he is. the driver cannot see what he is doing through the mirror."

@Dr. Henry Owusu Ansah wrote:

"They have money more than the driver. but girls are collecting it."

Trotro mate brags about his daily earnings

YEN.com.gh also reported that a Ghanaian man opened up about his daily earnings as a trotro mate.

In the video, the trotro mate identified as Ben said he earned a minimum of GH¢200 daily from his job.

Because of this, he urged his fellow youth and university graduates to join his trade as it was lucrative.

Proofread by Bruce Douglas, senior copy editor at YEN.com.gh

Source: YEN.com.gh