Five kids, three of the same parents suffocate in a car in Minna

Five children, three of the same parents have been discovered dead after suffocation in an abandoned car in Minna Niger state.

PEBNEWS can report that the sad incident occurred in Gurara, Albishiri area of Minna, the state capital.

Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday.

The five kids were said to have been playing around the area before they eventually went into the vehicle, Honda Civic Accord with registration No GO 778 BC which was said to have been parked on the spot for almost three years.

It could not be immediately ascertained whether the doors of the vehicles were not locked or whether one of the doors was forcefully opened by the children.

For about five hours, from around 11am, the parents of the children and other neighbors were frantically searching for them, but they were later discovered around 4pm stone dead in the vehicle.

One of the residents of the area simply called Muhammed described the incident as "very pathetic".

"Three of the children are of the same parents. The other one is the child to the owner of the vehicle while the fifth child is from the neighborhood.

"The car had been parked on the same spot for almost three years and nobody had entered it since then.

"Everybody in the area joined the parents in searching for the kids only to discover them in the abandoned car stone dead after about five hours," he narrated.

Chairman of Chanchaga local government area, Alhaji Aminu Ladan who is a resident around the area confirmed the incident describing it as "very  painful but an act of God."

He revealed that the remains of the children have been recovered and handed over to their parents for burial.

State Police Command Spokesman, Superintendent of Police, (SP) Wasiu Abiodun who also confirmed the incident said the owner of the vehicle has been invited for questioning.

According to him, "based on information on Sunday at about 6:30pm, five children of about 5 -13 years were found trapped in a Honda Civic vehicle with registration No GO 778 ABC at Albishiri area of Minna.

"They were found to have suffocated in the vehicle while their bodies were later removed by the various parents of the deceased," he stated.

Investigation into the death according to him is ongoing.