HELLwas let loose at Guest-In area in Doma, Doma Local Government
Area of Nasarawa State on Tuesday when five pupils from two different
families were found dead in a car, as a result of suffocation.
The deceased pupils, four boys and one girl, were said to be between two and seven years old.
Nigerian Tribune investigations revealed that the incident which
happened on Tuesday afternoon shortly after the pupils returned from
school, threw the whole community into commotion, as sympathisers
trooped in to console the deceaseds’ families. The children were buried
on Wednesday.
It was learnt further that the children accidentally locked
themselves inside the abandoned car in their compound. Eyewitnesses told
the Nigerian Tribune that the car had been abandoned for so long,
before the incident happened.
According to an eyewitness, Halima Abdullahi: “I once told the owner
of the house to always lock the car, because there was a time those
children entered the car, I came out and dragged them away. I asked the
man to lock it because it will cause a terrible thing. You can see what
happened now.”
Narrating his ordeal to our correspondent, the father of two children
among the deceased, Mr. Haliru Mohammed, said his neighbour’s wife
rushed down to intimate him about the incident.
According to him: “The wife of my neighbour rushed and told me that
two of my sons were dead. I rushed home and I met the five children
lying down. They died in my neighbour’s house.
There is a car in the house that got spoilt and the children used to
play inside the car when they came back from school. The door of the car
closed and they were unable to open it.”
Also speaking, Mr Hudu Umar Waziri, Ibrahim Waziri’s brother, the
father of the three other children, confirmed that the children died as a
result of suffocation.
Another eyewitness who did not want her name in print said efforts
to ensure that the owner of the car relocates or locks it permanently
were unsuccessful, as he continued to give flimsy excuses.
Confirming the incident by phone to the Nigerian Tribune, the
chairman of the local government, Salihu Ishaka Ogah, attributed it to
negligence on the part of the parents and advised them, especially
nursing mothers, to always monitor their wards. He lamented that it was
sad to lose promising children.
Speaking through the Information Officer, Mr Usman Muh’d Musa, the
chairman, therefore, warned all the owners of abandoned cars to always
lock them so as to prevent future recurrence.
“This incident happened as a result of suffocation. If the owner of
the car had locked it and those children did not have access to it, the
incident would have been abated. So wherever the car is parked, the
owner must ensure that it is well locked.”
When contacted by phone on Thursday in Lafia, the State Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Michael Ada said the incident was not
reported to the command.
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