The deceased, who was a bricklayer was reported to be going to work at a site before the unfortunate happened.
The ticketing officer, identified as Sempe was said to have demanded a daily levy of N400 being charged, commercial motorcyclists.
An eyewitness, Emmanuel Dosunmu, who claimed to be an apprentice with the deceased said the suspect punched his boss when he (Raji) failed to pay the levy, having informed him that he was not a commercial motorcyclist.
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He said, “The deceased was my boss. He called me yesterday (Tuesday) and asked me to meet him this morning at Iyana Gbangba for a project. I was going to the place when I got information about the incident.
“What happened was that he had an argument with the ticketing official who was demanding N400 ticket from him. My boss said he was not an Okada rider and will never pay such money. In the process, the tout punched him in the chest with a charmed ring.
“He fainted afterwards. The ticketing official and his colleagues at the scene said he (Ibrahim) was only pretending. But it was the TRACE (Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps) officers at the scene that rushed him to the hospital where doctors confirmed him dead.”
The remains of the deceased were deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta.
Worried by this development, motorcyclists in their numbers protested to the Ibara Divisional Police Headquarters, Abeokuta, demanding the scrapping of the daily ticketing.
The protesters demanded justice over the death of the father of four, describing the daily levy by the Union as exploitation.
The suspect had been arrested and detained for investigation at the Police Station.
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