Man fined N215,000 commits suicide in Ogun
According to
reports, Salami's driver was arrested last Thursday, July 16 by TRACE officials
in Abeokuta for flouting the COVID-19 rules in the state. He was accused of not
observing social distancing in his truck and also not wearing a face mask. The
truck was seized and taken to TRACE premises, where the driver was fined N250,
000. He immediately called his boss, Mr Salami who came in and decided to sleep
in the TRACE premises while pleading for his truck to be released.
According to
reports, Salami was able to raise N150, 000 which was rejected by the
officials. He threatened to commit suicide but was not taken seriously. Salami
reportedly drank an insecticide and died.
Speaking on the
incident, the spokesperson of TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi, denied reports the man
was a truck owner. He also denied claims the deceased was fined.
“The man was neither
a truck driver nor a truck owner. We only saw him there, he sat on the floor
and the people asked him to stand up and as he stood up he brought out something
from his pocket and drank it.
We later discovered
that it was snipper that he drank. He was rushed to the General Hospital, where
he gave up the ghost. The case has been
reported to the police.” Akinbiyi said
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