A yet-to-be-identified tricyclist tragically took his own life in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Thursday. The man reportedly committed suicide after failing to recover his seized tricycle from some government agents.
According to eyewitness accounts, the deceased was traveling with his tricycle when he was stopped by officials for an unspecified offense. The officers subsequently confiscated the tricycle and took it to their office near the Jubilee Estate, along the Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway.
Despite the tricyclist’s efforts to retrieve his mode of transport, the government officials refused to return it. Overwhelmed by frustration and despair, the crestfallen man made his way to a tree in front of a compound housing the offices of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, and Vehicle Inspection Officers. There, he took his own life by hanging himself.
An eyewitness, Prince Excel of Aiyekooto Reporters, captured the tragic scene in a video posted on WhatsApp. He described the incident as “unfortunate” and said the man ended his life on Thursday morning.
“This is early Thursday morning, July 11, 2024, an unfortunate situation just happened right now. A man just committed suicide on the major road at the Jubilee Estate in front of the LASTMA gate on the Sagamu Road. This is quite unfortunate,” Excel said in the video.
However, the spokesperson for LASTMA, Taofiq Adebayo, denied the agency’s involvement in the incident, stating that no tricycle had been seized by their officers in the area. “We don’t know anything about the incident. And within our premises, we don’t have any tricycle impounded by any of our officers in that area. So, LASTMA is not involved in anything of such, and we don’t know anything about the hanging of the dead body,” Adebayo said.
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