54-year-old man dies by suicide in Lagos

A 54-year-old man identified simply as Olatunji has died by suicide in the Agege area of Lagos State.

The incident was said to have occurred on Sunday, at about 8 pm.

The deceased’s elder sister who reported the incident at the Elere police station located in the community, said that he committed the act in a store attached to the apartment where they live.

The scene of the incident was visited by a team of policemen who took the deceased to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to According to Metro on Monday.

He said, “A complainant reported at the Elere Division stating that at about 8 pm of the same date, her younger brother, one Olatunji, a male, aged 54 years, committed suicide by hanging himself to death in the store of their house.

“Officers of the division immediately visited the scene and the deceased was lowered and taken to the Orile Agege General Hospital, where he was certified dead.”

Hundeyin said preliminary investigations revealed no signs of violence on the deceased’s body.

He added that the corpse had been transferred to the Mainland Hospital Mortuary in Yaba for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

According to Metro on July 12 reported that a yet-to-be-identified tricyclist died by suicide after efforts to retrieve his seized tricycle from some government agents proved abortive in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

The tricyclist was heading to a destination in the state when the officials intercepted him for an offence.

Following the interception, the officers reportedly seized the tricycle and took it to their office located close to the Jubilee Estate, along the Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway.

Efforts by the tricycle operator to retrieve his tricycle from the officials were said to have been futile.

Our correspondent learnt that perplexed by the development, the tricyclist, in an apparent effort to protest the seizure of his tricycle, went to a tree at the front of the fence of the compound where the offices of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, and Vehicle Inspection Officers are situated, close to the Jubilee Estate, along the Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway, and hanged himself.