The Ondo State Police Command has refuted claims {that a} car from the convoy of Nigeria’s First Woman, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, was concerned within the demise of a nine-year-old woman in Akure on Thursday.
Senator Oluremi Tinubu was within the state on an official go to to inaugurate the Renewed Hope Initiative Well being Programme. As a part of the initiative, she distributed 10,000 skilled kits—together with Crocs and scrubs—to midwives throughout the South-West zone.
In an announcement issued on Thursday, the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Olufunmilayo Ayanlade, dismissed the report—first revealed by Sahara Reporters—as “false and deceptive.”
“The eye of the Ondo State Police Command has been drawn to a false and deceptive report revealed by Sahara Reporters on April 17,” the assertion learn.
“It alleged that the convoy of the primary woman, Sen. Oluremi, was answerable for the tragic demise of a younger woman in Akure.”
The police clarified that preliminary investigations and eyewitness accounts level to a hit-and-run incident involving an unregistered white Lexus car—not the First Woman’s convoy.
In accordance with the police, an eyewitness, additionally recognized as Ayanlade, pursued the fleeing car on a bike moments after the accident occurred within the Oba-Ile space of Akure.
The Commissioner of Police in Ondo State visited the bereaved household and warranted them {that a} full and clear investigation was underway.
“At no level was the primary woman’s convoy concerned on this tragedy,” the assertion added.