Residents of Adebayo Street in the Jah-Micheal area of Badagry, Lagos State, were on Sunday morning, shocked beyond words following the discovery of the dead bodies of eight children inside an abandoned car.
The kids were suspected to have suffocated from excessive heat.
A resident said the owner of the vehicle, a woman, has been arrested by the police while the bodies have been deposited at the Badagry General Hospital mortuary.
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, who confirmed the incident, said: “The eight children were believed to have mistakenly locked themselves in an abandoned car while playing. Their bodies have been recovered and deposited at the Badagry General Hospital morgue for an autopsy, in order to establish the actual cause of death.