A car reportedly belonging to the convoy of Nigeria’s First Girl, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has killed a seven-year-old woman recognized as Saratu Lawal in Akure, Ondo State.
The incident was confirmed by a number of eyewitnesses.
The First Girl was within the state to launch the South-West section of the Renewed Hope Initiative, a federal programme geared toward bettering the welfare of ladies and ladies nationwide. As a part of the occasion, over 10,000 skilled kits had been distributed to nurses and midwives throughout the area.
The incident befell across the Oba Ile space, because the convoy was en route from the Akure Airport to the programme venue, sources say. The sources additionally confirmed that the car, a butter-coloured Hilux within the motorcade was stated to have hit the woman.
“A seven years previous woman by the identify Saratu Lawal, and a pupil of Islamiyar Arabic Faculty, Shasha, was knocked down by a butter-coloured Hilux within the authorities convoy of her Excellency, the First Girl of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who’s on official go to to Ondo State,” a supply disclosed.
The supply additional revealed that the accident occurred close to the Oba Ile Central Mosque on Thursday morning.
“It claimed the lifetime of the kid as each effort to avoid wasting her couldn’t yield the specified end result even when she was rushed to the first healthcare in Oba Ile,” the supply added.
The daddy of the deceased, Malam Lawali, a dealer on the Oba Ile Market, confirmed the lack of his daughter and stated he has “handed every little thing to God.”
Saratu’s physique has since been returned to the household for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
As of the time of submitting this report, the police haven’t issued an official assertion concerning the incident.