A yet-to-be-identified driver has been arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) attached to the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly locking four children in the trunk of his car and stuffing about 11 others in his vehicle, News About Nigeria reports.
The arrest was disclosed by the State Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Friday.
He mentioned that the driver was hired to take the kids to the beach, and that at around 8 p.m. on Sunday, a concerned citizen on the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge had reported the driver.
It was said that the driver had stuffed the children into a Volkswagen Passat.
Hundeyin further revealed that one of the children collapsed due to the transportation condition but recovered after receiving medical attention.
“Upon intervention, the police noticed that the driver, who had been contracted to transport the children to a beach, had locked four of the children in the car trunk while 11 others were crammed together.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that one child had collapsed earlier in the day due to similar transportation conditions but recovered after receiving medical attention,” he stated.
Hundeyin said that the children had been released to their parents while the suspect would be charged in court.
“The State Commissioner of Police, CP Adegoke Fayoade, commends residents of Lagos State for always promptly alerting the authorities to suspicious person/happenings,” the PPRO added.
In the same vein, the state police command rescued three toddlers allegedly locked up in a room at Agodo-Egbe in the Ikotun area of the state.
It was gathered that the children, a girl and two boys between the ages of two and four years, were locked inside for some time by one Fatimo Ganiyu, their grandmother.
