The report that Mrs Remi Tinubu’s convoy caused the death of a little girl in Akure, the Ondo capital, has called forth a reaction from the State Police Command.SaharaReporters had put the death of the girl it reported to be a nine-year-old at the doorstep of the first lady’s convoy.The deceased was killed on Thursday when a fast moving car rammed into her at a time the first lady was in the state to launch the Renewed Hope Initiative Health Programme and to distribute 10,000 professional kits. comprising Crocs and scrubs, to midwives in the South-West zone.
To the police, the attribution of the incident to Mrs Tinubu’s convoy is not in order and smacks of falsehood.The official position concerning the matter is echoed via a statement the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya released in which it was said the the victim is a 7-year-old girl.“The attention of the Ondo State Police Command has been drawn to a false and misleading report published by Sahara Reporters on April 17.It alleged that the convoy of the first lady, Sen. Oluremi, was responsible for the tragic death of a young girl in Akure,” the statement read“Eyewitness accounts and preliminary investigations conducted by the command confirm that the incident was caused by a hit-and-run driver operating an unregistered white Lexus vehicle.
