An unknown commercial bus driver has set himself ablaze in the Ajao Estate area of Lagos State.

The incident occurred on Tuesday after operatives of the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation impounded some shuttles along the Murtala Muhammed International Airport road, according to Punch.

The driver, identified as Aliu to the newspaper by a resident, picked up a container of petrol after his vehicle was seized, poured it on himself and then set himself ablaze.

The resident said aggrieved drivers and the task force officers disagreed over the enforcement.

“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,” the source was quoted to have said.

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Adekunle Ajisebutu, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, 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.”

Raheem Gbadeyinka, a spokesperson for the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit, 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”.