“His action was to allegedly protest seizure of his only means of livelihood.”
A tricycle operator whose name is yet to be confirmed has taken his life after allegedly failing to reclaim his confiscated tricycle from officials of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA) in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state.
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Eyewitnesses in video footage shared on X say LASTMA officials intercepted the Tricycle for an alleged traffic violation, transported it to their office near Jubilee Estate along the Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway and refused to release it despite appeal and efforts by the rider, as per Linda Ikeji blog report.
The tricyclist was said to have been frustrated, and hung himself from a tree in front of the office of LASTMA which is the same premises used by the Federal Road Safety Corps and Vehicle Inspection Officers, at Ikorodu.
