A driver has been arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad attached to the Lagos State Police Command for stuffing 15 children into a Volkswagen Passat car.
According to reports, the driver was contracted to take the children to a beach.
However, he locked four of the children in the car trunk while 11 others were crammed together.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by the State Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin at the command’s headquarters in Ikeja.
The statement noted that the vehicle was reported by “concerned citizens on the Lekki–Ikoyi Link Bridge at about 8 p.m. on Sunday.
“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.”
The statement confirmed the release of the children to their parents, and vowed to charge the driver to 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.
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