LASTMA Denies Involvement As Man Commits Suicide Over Seized Motorcycle (Photo)

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has said its operatives were not responsible for the dead body found hanging by a tree in the Ikorodu area of Lagos.

A yet-to-be-identified man said to be a tricyclist, had on Thursday reportedly committed suicide after efforts to retrieve his seized tricycle from some government agents proved abortive in the Ikorodu area.

According to Punch, an eyewitness, Prince Excel, in a video posted on WhatsApp, had said: “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.”

But reacting in a statement made available to THE WHISTLER on Friday, LASTMA debunked reports that the deceased’s tricycle was impounded by officers of the agency.

LASTMA while confirming that the body of the deceased was discovered in the early hours of Thursday, explained that no one could really identify him as either an Okada or tricycle rider from amongst several operators of Okada and tricycle who visited the scene of the incident.

“The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) wishes to debunk in no equivocal terms that its operatives are not responsible for the dead body found hanging by the gate of an Estate along Lagos – Shagamu Expressway, Lagos,” a statement by the spokesperson of the agency, Adebayo Taofiq, said.