Five children were discovered lifeless in an “abandoned” and “unserviceable” vehicle in the state’s Obi Local Government Area. The Nasarawa State Police Command has launched an investigation.
It explained in a statement that its Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, had received a report from a resident of the Agyaragu neighborhood where the incident took place that the community had discovered the children’s lifeless bodies.
The children, who range in age from six to ten, were discovered “unresponsive” in a resident’s compound.
One Mr. Ozimna Ogbor, a resident of Agyaragu, reported to the Agyaragu Divisional Headquarters on May 4, 2025, that five children, among them, were found unresponsive inside a used car parked in one Mr. Abu Agyeme’s compound at around 1730 hours.
The Divisional Police Officer and his team were instructed to immediately arrive at the scene by the Commissioner of Police, CP Shetima Jauro Mohammed, who had responded quickly to the report. The officers arrived and discovered the victims locked inside the abandoned car.
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Additionally, the police stated that the children had to be immediately taken to Aro Hospital in Agyaragu, where a doctor found all five children dead due to a rumored suffocation.
Due to severe heat burns on the bodies of the deceased, the statement claimed that their parents were requested to bury their remains after the remains were discovered.
However, the police claimed that the Police Commissioner had ordered a thorough investigation to find out what had happened.
This heartbreaking incident is a fitting comparison to the tragic accident that happened in Keffi in August of last year when two children lost their lives in an abandoned car.
