Sadly, the identities of the owner of the abandoned SUV and the eight minors who died inside an abandoned car in Badagry area of Lagos have been revealed.
Information available to us revealed that one of the children was the grand child of the owner of the car, a retired staff of the Lagos State University (LASU) who died sometimes ago while the other seven children belonged to a Bureau De Change operators in the area.
The Lagos State Police Command confirmed the death of the children, saying they were suffocated inside the abandoned car.
Mr Suru Avoseh, Commissioner, Lagos State Civil Service Commission, told NAN that the abandoned car belonged to a retired LASU staff who is now late.
According to him, the car was was forced opened by one of the children who was the grand child of the owner while the other seven are Nigerians residing in the area.
In another development, Dr Tunde Bakare, the Medical Director, Badagry General Hospital, told NAN that the children were brought dead to hospital.
“While we told them to leave them so that we could carry out autopsy one Moslem cleric that followed them disagreed with our staff and said burial should not exceed Saturday.
“Unfortunately, the Police that brought the corpse supported the cleric so we had to release the corpses to them.
