Tragedy struck in Minna, Niger State capital on Sunday night when 5 kids of three households mistakingly locked themselves up in a stationary automotive for 5 hours and suffocated to dying.
The incident, which occurred in Gurara Albishir space (Space 1) situated on Bida Highway in Minna, has thrown the group into mourning.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the kids have been taking part in in a big compound outdoors their homes once they unknowingly locked themselves up within the deserted Honda Civic automotive, which had been left unused for about two years by the proprietor.
Sources hinted that they locked themselves up since round 11am whereas the mother and father have been in search of them solely to find their lifeless our bodies within the automotive round 4pm after frantic searches in every single place across the neighborhood.
It was learnt that the victims, which included 4 females and a male, have been made up of three siblings, who have been the one kids of their mother and father, whereas the remaining two victims have been kids of various mother and father together with the proprietor of the automotive, respectively.
Thier names and ages got as Zahra, 10, Aisha, 7, Fati, 5, and Isah, 7, whereas LEADERSHIP was unable to establish the identification of the fifth sufferer.
The chairman of Chanchaga native authorities space, Aminu Ladan, whose home is across the space the place the incident occurred, instantly visited the scene.
He confirmed the incident to journalists, describing it as unlucky whereas condoling the mother and father of the deceased kids.
As on the time of submitting this report, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Wasiu Abiodun, couldn’t be reached for response.