The police command in Niger has verified the tragic deaths of five children due to suffocation inside a car on Sunday in Minna.
DSP Wasiu Abiodun, the police public relations officer (PPRO) in Niger, confirmed the incident to reporters on Monday in Minna.
According to him, the Kpakungu Division Office of the police command received a report around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, stating that five children aged between five and 13 years were discovered trapped in a Honda Civic vehicle with registration No. GO 778 ABC at Gurara Albishir area of Minna.
Mr. Abiodun stated that the children had suffocated in the vehicle, and their bodies were later retrieved by their respective parents as the police arrived at the scene.
The PPRO mentioned that the owner of the vehicle had been summoned for questioning, and investigations were ongoing into the matter.
Meanwhile, a source in the neighbourhood who spoke on condition of anonymity 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 a 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.
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