We’re Not Responsible For Body Found Hanging On Tree – LASTMA

We’re Not Responsible For Body Found Hanging On Tree – LASTMA

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has stated that its operatives were not responsible for the dead body found hanging by the gate of an estate along the Lagos-Sag amu Expressway…….. CONTINUE READING

LASTMA General Manager, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, made this clear in a statement issued by Mr. Taofiq Adebayo, the agency’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, on Friday.

Bakare-Oki refuted rumors circulating on social media that suggested the deceased’s vehicle had been impounded by LASTMA officers.

He confirmed that the body was discovered early Thursday morning by passersby and was promptly reported to the police at Shagamu Road.

“Various speculations were made by sympathizers at the scene. Some said he was dressed like a motorcyclist (okada rider), while others speculated he was a tricyclist (Marwa rider).

“Some even believed he was brought to the scene by his killers during the early hours of the morning and staged it to appear as a suicide since the victim’s legs were touching the ground.

“For clarity, no one could definitively identify him as either an okada or Marwa rider among the several operators who visited the scene.

“It is unfortunate that this incident occurred by an estate gate along the Lagos-Shagamu Expressway,” Bakare-Oki said.

Expressing sympathy to the deceased’s family, he warned against spreading unverified reports and urged the public to verify information before disseminating it.

“Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been removed by the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit in Yaba, Lagos,” he added.