A yet-to-be-identified commercial bus driver on Tuesday set himself ablaze in the Ajao Estate area of Lagos State.

PUNCH Metro gathered that operatives of the task force from the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, while on enforcement duties along the Airport Road area connecting Ajao Estate, impounded some shuttles.

The driver, whose bus was among the impounded vehicles, was said to be protesting the seizure when he suddenly reached for petrol, poured it on himself and set himself ablaze.

A resident, who gave his name as Aliu, said there was resistance between the aggrieved drivers and the task force operatives during the enforcement.

He said, “Task force operatives went to clean up the Airport shuttle area. During the exercise, they impounded some buses and had a face-off with some of the drivers. At a point, one of the frustrated drivers poured petrol on himself and set himself ablaze.”

Another resident, who identified herself as Kudirat, said the victim got the vehicle on hired purchase.

“The driver was frustrated. The task force operatives took the impounded vehicles away,” she added.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, had ordered an investigation into the incident.

He said, “The information we got was that there was resistance when task force from the ministry of transportation went for enforcement. No policeman set any vehicle ablaze; policemen attached to the Ajao Estate Police Division were not involved in what happened. However, the Commissioner of Police has ordered investigation into the incident.”

A spokesperson for the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit, Raheem Gbadeyinka, said no officer of the agency was involved in the operation.

He said, “The incident happened around 5am and as of 8am, our men were still at the office because we were looking for fuel for our patrol vans as of that time.”

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Hmm, these task force guys need to be educated. They drive anyhow, cause accident in the cause of doing their operation. Very bad

Foolish man, since you have decided to die why can't you go down with those useless police men

He set himself ablaze cos his bus was impounded

Who con loose now na

Frustrations everywhere ... Only God knows what every individual is passing through.

Hope men of the Lagos State task force can now rest

In a sane country, this act will start a heavy protest but this country has managed to drain our emotions and made us into working machines

Tokskob2008:
He set himself ablaze cos his bus was impounded

Who con loose now na

Some people would rather die than give in to oppression and extortion

Frustration, impatient and hopelessness.
The govt officials should learn to tamper justice with mercy in some scenarios.
Someone should have given him appropriate guidance and counselling to calm him down.
People too dey mind their business in Lagos.
He has literally guilt-tripped the tax force officials.

Depression is real.

Terribly evil, Gov Sanwo Olu must caution this task force officers to avoid another round of riot that might weaken police force again.

O oga o

Some people get mind

Small fire burn person, see how much pain is causes

Let alone the whole body

Ok if they give him d bus can he drive it with the burns

End times

Self-immolation.

This was exactly what triggered the Arab spring of a decade ago and led to the ousting of most regimes in the Arab world.

But here in Nigeria, we are all docile, self-centred, cowardly, and contented with suffering and smiling while the evil leaders continue to trample on our collective rights and well beings.

What a shame.

Lagos State Government would be after hardworking drivers, but will ignore the societal menace called Agbero, littering the state like sachet of pure water.

In the whole report ....nobody mentioned the offence of the man...
Did he take 1 way? Because 1 way is same as attempted Murder...

At least, report and opinions should be balanced....

The Government is bad be the citizens are bad,
The system is bad because its units are bad...

A spokesperson for the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit, Raheem Gbadeyinka, said no officer of the agency was involved in the operation.

They have started denying as usual. It is hard for them to explain that when they were forcefully siezing people's property, someone that purchased his on hire purchase set himself ablaze.

The guy already knew that those guys always impound people’s vehicles to exploit them for personal gain.

Why frustrate the common man, Nigeria why ? Pathetic and disheartening...

Quite unfortunate! This is not the country our founding Fathers envisaged.

Oya na

Most taskforce in Nigeria officials in Nigeria lack human sympathy for fellow Nigerians and most Nigerian drivers behave worst than animals.

Very bad move.
Haba!
Sebi e for just off himself naked make e end there. That one is enough news on it's own. Now he will be battling for his life join the wahala already on ground.

Some cursed fools who are children of slaves are blaming the man. What that man did is what started the Arab spring.

Anything can happen in Nigeria.

Something similar to this was the cause of Arab uprising in Africa few years ago that brought about demonstration in most African Arab countries the eventually brought up some changes in their govts. Here the federal govt had caused us to chicken out of any form of demonstration with intimidating and threats. I forsee a major revolution coming quickly.

Poverty of the mind.

In this era of cellphones where the mundane is caught in at least series of pictures, there is no evidence to back this? Fake news.

I've got no love for both the police and danfo bus operators. Both sets of men are evil and exploitative.