The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has stated that their workers did not cause the death of a person found hanging by the gate of an estate along the Lagos-Sagamu Expressway.
Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, the General Manager of LASTMA, made this clear in a statement shared by Mr. Taofiq Adebayo, the Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment for the agency, on Friday.
Bakare-Oki dismissed the rumours spreading on social media, which claimed that LASTMA officers had impounded the deceased’s vehicle.
He confirmed that the body was discovered early Thursday morning by people passing by, who then reported it to the police on Shagamu Road.
“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,” Bakare-Oki explained.
“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,” he added.
Bakare-Oki expressed sympathy to the deceased’s family and warned people to check their facts before spreading information.
“The body of the deceased has been evacuated by the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit, Yaba, Lagos,” he added.
