The kids identified as as Uche, Marvelous and Lazarus, three, six and eight years respectively all children of one Mr Osondu, were said to be playing inside the landlord’s RAV4 SUV parked in a fenced and gated compound.
Three siblings have been found dead inside a parked car where they were playing in at Imota, Ikorodu Local Government of Lagos State, causing confusion in the area.
The kids identified as as Uche, Marvelous and Lazarus, three, six and eight years respectively all children of one Mr Osondu, were said to be playing inside the landlord’s RAV4 SUV parked in a fenced and gated compound.
It was learnt that one of them inadvertently pressed the central lock button of the vehicle and it ended up locking the trio till they got suffocated.
A mob descended on the landlord and beat him until he was rescued by policemen.
Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police Spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, noted that the Officer in Charge (O/C) Police Family Support Unit (FSU) got a distress call from anonymous callers of a suspected Sudden and Unnatural Death (SUD) by suffocation of underage children.
Benjamin explained that a patrol team and FSU personnel moved to the scene where they met a crowd that besieged the residence of one Moses in Ikorodu.
He said, “The father of the deceased children said he was from Izii community in Ebonyi State and a tenant at the aforementioned address. The children were playing with their cousin, one Blessing Hyacinth, a girl of about 11 years, a foster daughter to Mr Osondu, at about 11am inside the landlord’s RAV4 SUV parked in a fenced and gated compound.
“One of them inadvertently pressed the central lock button of the vehicle and it ended up locking the trio till they got suffocated. The three children were taken to the Ikorodu General Hospital where they were confirmed dead by medics and their corpses deposited at the hospital’s mortuary for autopsy in the presence of their father.
“The landlord was brought to the station for protective custody and the RAV4 SUV was taken to the station for safekeeping too,” the statement added.