The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has denied the involvement of its operatives in the dead body found hanging from a tree around its office in the Ikorodu area of Lagos.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) had earlier reported that yet-to-be-identified keke driver had on Thursday committed suicide after efforts to retrieve his seized tricycle from some government agents proved abortive in the Ikorodu area.
Reacting in a statement on Friday, the spokesperson of the agency, Adebayo Taofiq debunked that the deceased’s tricycle was impounded by officers of the agency.
Taofiq 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.
It reads, “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
“Several speculations were made by sympathisers present at the scene. Some said he was dressed like a motorcyclist (Okada rider), while some speculated he was a tricyclist (Marwa rider). Some even believed he was brought to the scene by his killers during the wee hours of midnight, and stage managed it to give it the semblance of suicide, because the victim’s leg was touching ground.
“For brevity, no one could really identify him as either an Okada or Marwa rider from amongst several operators of Okada and Marwa who visited the scene.”
Adebayo said the body of the man was evacuated by the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU), Yaba.