Keke Driver Hangs Himself In Front Of LASTMA Office After Siezure Of Vehicle

A yet-to-be-identified tricyclist has died by hanging himself after efforts to reportedly retrieve his seized tricycle from some government officials proved abortive in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

GWG.ng learnt that the tricyclist was heading to a destination in the state when the officials intercepted him for an offence.

Following the interception, the officers reportedly seized the tricycle and took it to their office located close to the Jubilee Estate, along the Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway.

Efforts by the tricycle operator to retrieve his tricycle from the officials were said to have been futile.

A video obtained by Punch Metro captured the man’s corpse hanging on a tree with a rope tied around his neck.

A note attached to Excel’s video alleged that the tricyclist committed the act because efforts to retrieve his seized tricycle proved abortive.

The note read, “A tricyclist, Keke Marwa rider, just committed suicide. He hanged himself in front of LASTMA’s office at Odogunyan in Ikorodu.

“Reportedly, his Keke was taken from him. He begged them (for) so long but they refused. So, the man decided to hang himself in front of their (office). So sad.”

The spokesperson for LASTMA, Taofiq Adebayo, when contacted, said the agency did not know anything about the case, adding that no tricycle was seized by any of the officers working under the agency 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.

With additional report from the Punch

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