3 Children Die Inside Parked Car, 1 Other Drowns In Borno

The Borno State Police Command has launched an probe into the tragic decease of 3 children recovered successful a parked car successful Maiduguri, the authorities capital.

It was reported that the victims, identified arsenic two-year-old Fatima (also known arsenic Mama); three-year-old Anwar, and a neighbour’s son, were reportedly abducted connected Tuesday by an unidentified pistillate who lured them with promises of alms.

Their father, Babagana Zanna Jaridama, a societal media professional and protagonist of Governor Babagana Zulum, was searching for his children and adjacent offered to surrender himself successful speech for their harmless return.

However, successful a twist of the abduction narrative, helium aboriginal discovered their bodies connected Thursday nighttime successful his aged conveyance parked successful his compound.

The constabulary person taken the bodies to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital for autopsy to find the origin of death.

Borno State Police Commissioner, CP Nazir Abdulmajid confirmed the incidental and assured that investigations were ongoing to found the circumstances surrounding the deaths.

The Command, successful a connection connected Friday by its Police Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Kenneth Daso, described the decease of the 3 children arsenic abrupt and unnatural.

The PPRO said 1 Baba Zannah Jaridama, male, of Zannari Ali Ngoshe Area, Mafa section authorities country alongside his neighbor, Muhammad Bukar of the aforesaid address, reported the missing children astatine Kaleri Police Outpost.

He gave the names of the children arsenic Anwar Baba Zannah ‘m’, 3 years old; Mama Baba Zannah ‘f’, 1 twelvemonth 5 months aged and Ahmed Muhammad ‘m’, 5 years old.

Daso said pursuing archetypal investigations and circulation of accusation to each constabulary formations, the whereabouts of the children remained unknown.

He however, said connected 24th September, 2025, astatine astir 10:30pm, the complainant, Jaridama returned to the outpost presumption to study that the corpses of the missing children were discovered wrong his Honda Civic car wherever it was parked.

The PPRO said Police operatives swiftly mobilised to the country and evacuated the victims to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), wherever a aesculapian doc confirmed them dead.

He added that the corpses person since been deposited astatine the hospital’s mortuary for autopsy.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Naziru Abdulmajid, has ordered a discreet probe to unravel the circumstances surrounding this unfortunate incident,” the PPRO said.

In different instance, 12-year-old Abba Umar, a lad of a subordinate of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Borno State Council, drowned Friday greeting successful River Ngadda successful Jere section authorities country of the state.

The father, an accusation serviceman with the State Ministry of Works announced the decease successful a post, “I’m bittersweet to denote the drowning of my 12-year-old son, Abba Umar this greeting Friday 26th September, 2025, successful River Ngadda down Abba gana Terab 505 Housing Estate, Jere. Help america with prayers to retrieve the body.”

CP Abdulmajid extended the Command’s deepest condolences to the bereaved families and assured the nationalist that the result of the probe volition beryllium communicated successful owed course.

The Command urged members of the nationalist to stay calm and proceed to cooperate with the Police by providing credible and timely information.