Tragedy as 3 Siblings Found Dead Inside Stationary Car In Kwara

Tragedy as 3 Siblings Found Dead Inside Stationary Car In Kwara

  • Tragedy struck a family in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital as three children of the same parents were found dead in a stationary car
  • It was gathered that the children were playing inside the car, mistakenly locked themselves and suffocated to death
  • The tragic incident happened when their mother reportedly went to buy noodles to prepare for the children’s school meals on Monday

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Ilorin, Kwara state - Three siblings, a boy and two females were found dead inside a car parked at their compound at No 8, Boluke Line, Zango-Kulende quarters in the Ilorin, Kwara state capital.

As reported by The Punch, the victims died of suffocation on Sunday, February 25 while their mother, Shade Silifat, went out to buy noodles which she planned to prepare for the children’s school meals on Monday.

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3 siblings found dead inside car in Kwara
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It was gathered that she found that the children had locked themselves in the parked car and suffocated to death after she returned around 2pm.

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She was said to have fainted after forcing the doors of the car open.

According to Vanguard, the father of the victims was said to have borrowed the car from his sister within the same premises of their quarters for quick domestic use.

The children were quickly rushed to Olutayo Clinic for medical attention, from there to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, where they were confirmed dead.

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Nkang has been declared missing four days after leaving her place of work, where she was doing her industrial training at a private hospital in Port Harcourt. A source said Nkang’s boyfriend killed her and mutilated her body parts.

The deceased was said to have left her place of primary responsibility to visit her boyfriend in a highbrow area in Port Harcourt. The source said the vigilante group in the area apprehended the suspect while attempting to dispose of the decomposing corpse in a refuse dump.

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Adekunle Dada (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Adekunle Dada is a trained journalist with over 7 years of working experience. He is also a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a B.Sc. in Mass Communication From Lagos State University, Ojo. Adekunle previously worked at PM News, The Sun, and Within Nigeria where he expressed his journalistic skills with well-researched articles and features. In 2024, Adekunle obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. He can be reached via adekunle.dada@corp.legit.ng.

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