An unidentified middle-aged man was found dead hanging on a tree in an apparent suicide opposite a popular hotel, where commercial sex workers hang out on 1st Avenue, Festac area of Lagos state.
According to Vanguard, the bloated remains of the victim dripping with liquid substance was later evacuated by the authorities on Thursday.
A POS operator in the area said the body had been hanging there since Wednesday morning.
“The local government officials and the police didn’t consider the well being of residents in the area. That is why they abandoned the corpse for two days.
“When I came to my stand yesterday, I met many people at the scene with the man dangling from the tree.
“But no one could confirm the actual time of death and nobody could remove the noose from the man’s neck for fear of the police.
“When I came today he was still hanging from the tree and his body had become swollen.”
Vanguard reported that the police recovered the corpse and took it to a mortuary.
The state police spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, is yet to comment on the incident as at the time of filing this report.
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