Information making the round has it that a yet to be identified tricycle operator has committed suicide in front of the LASTMA office in Ikorodu, Lagos after his tricycle was seized and he was unable to retrieve it.
Reports have it that the operator was intercepted by LASTMA officials for an alleged traffic violation and his tricycle, which was his only means of livelihood, was confiscated.
Despite his efforts to get the tricycle back, which he said was his major source of livelihood, the officials refused to return it to him.
Frustrated and distraught, the operator went to a tree in front of the LASTMA office transported it to their office alleged to be near Jubilee Estate along the Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway and hanged himself.
Eyewitnesses reported the tragic incident, with one noting that "A tricyclist, Keke Marwa rider, just committed suicide. He hanged himself in front of LASTMA's office at Odogunyan in Ikorodu."
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