The lifeless bodies of 8 little children where on Saturday, December 4, 2021 found in a parked Honda Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) in Lagos State.
Report said a parent while looking for her child, found the bodies in the locked SUV parked on Adelayo Street, in the Jah-Michael area, Badagry Expressway.
The children are suspected to have been playing inside the SUV when they mistakenly locked themselves in and couldn’t get out which might have caused them suffocating to death.
The victims were identified as Mamod, Aisha, Zainab, Farida, Yakubu, Tayab, Wahab and one other.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, in a statement on Sunday, said the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, had ordered a probe into the incident, adding that the corpses had been deposited in a morgue.
Ajisebutu explained;
“The eight children while playing were said to have mistakenly locked themselves in an abandoned car. Their bodies have been recovered and deposited in the Badagry General Hospital’s morgue for autopsies in order to determine the actual cause of death.
“Notwithstanding the report made to the police, the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered a thorough and speedy investigation into the circumstances surrounding their death. The CP also commiserates with the families of the victims.”
