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Police authorities in Niger State have confirmed the death of five children who reportedly died inside an abandoned car as a result of suffocation on Sunday in Minna, the capital of Niger State.
The spokesman of the command in Niger, Mr Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Monday.
He said that the Kpakungu Division Office of the Police Command received a report at about 6.30 p.m. on Sunday that five children between the ages of five and 13 years were found trapped in a Honda Civic vehicle with registration No. GO 778 ABC at Gurara Albishir area of Minna.
The police image maker said that the children were found to have suffocated in the vehicle, while their bodies were later removed by the various parents, as police visited the scene.
He said that the owner of the vehicle had been invited for questioning and an investigation was ongoing on the matter.
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Meanwhile, a source in the neighbourhood who doesn’t want to be quoted said that the children had mistakenly locked themselves in the car, which had been abandoned for more than two years by the owner.
He said that the parents later discovered their bodies in the car on Sunday evening after searching for them for hours in the vicinity.
According to the source, the victims comprised four females and a male, three siblings and two others from different parents including the car owner’s child.
