- The children have since been released to their parents unhurt.
- Suspects would be charged to court.
The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the police command in Lagos have arrested a driver for “squeezing”15 children into a Volkswagen Passat car.
In a statement on Friday, Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson said the suspects has been arrested, adding that the vehicle was reported by a concerned citizen on the Lekki–Ikoyi link bridge at about 8pm 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,”the statement reads.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that one child had collapsed earlier in the day due to similar transportation conditions but recovered after receiving medical attention.
“The children have since been released to their parents unhurt. Suspects would be charged to court.”
Adegoke Fayoade, Lagos police commissioner, commended residents of the state for swiftly reporting suspicious activities to the authorities.