A man reportedly took his own life in front of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) office in Ikorodu.
Witnesses say the incident happened on Thursday morning, shocking many people in the area.
It was reportedly said that the man, a tricyclist and Keke Marwa rider, hanged himself after his Keke was taken from him. He begged the authorities for a long time to return it, but they refused. In despair, the man decided to hang himself in front of their office.
Meanwhile,PUNCH Metro gathered 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.
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Efforts by the tricycle operator to retrieve his tricycle from the LASTMA officials were said to have been futile.
The tricyclist, in an apparent effort to protest the seizure of his tricycle, went to a tree at the front of the fence of the compound where the offices of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), and Vehicle Inspection Officers are situated, close to the Jubilee Estate, along the Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway, and hanged himself.
However, The identity of the man has not yet been confirmed
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