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Five children suffocate in an abandoned car in Minna
One of the residents of the area simply called Muhammed described the incident as “very pathetic,” adding: “Three of the children are of the same parents. The other one is a child of the owner of the vehicle while the fifth child is from the neighbourhood.
In Minna, Niger State, three of the five children who perished from asphyxia in an abandoned car belonged to the same parents.
Gurara, in the Albishiri neighborhood of Minna, was the scene of the tragic event. Vanguard learned that Sunday was the day of the event.
The five kids were reportedly playing in the vicinity before getting inside the car, a Honda Civic Accord with the license plate GO 778 BC that had reportedly been parked there for over three years.
It was not immediately possible to determine if the kids had forced one of the cars’ doors open or if the doors were locked.
For over five hours, from about 11 a.m., when the parents and other neighbours were frantically searching for them, they were later discovered about 4 p.m., dead in the vehicle.
One of the residents of the area simply called Muhammed described the incident as “very pathetic,” adding: “Three of the children are of the same parents. The other one is a child of the owner of the vehicle while the fifth child is from the neighbourhood.
“The car had been parked on the same spot for almost three years and nobody had entered it since then. Everybody in the area joined the parents in searching for the kids only to discover them in the abandoned car stone dead after about five hours.”
Chairman of Chanchaga Local Government Area of the state, Aminu Ladan, who lives in the area, confirmed the incident, describing it as “very painful but an act of God,” adding that the remains of the children had been recovered and handed over to their parents for burial.
State Police Command spokesman, Wasiu Abiodun, also confirmed the incident, adding that the owner of the vehicle had been invited for questioning.
According to him, “Based on information on Sunday at 6:30p.m., five children of about five and 13 years were found trapped in a Honda Civic vehicle with number plate, GO 778 ABC, at Albishiri area of Minna.
“They were found to have suffocated in the vehicle while their bodies were later removed by the various parents of the deceased.”
Investigation into the death, according to him, is ongoing.
