The police officers are the ones who caused this problem, and they are lying. My baby was only 6 years old.
A police patrol vehicle that was pursuing a suspect struck and killed a young girl who was six years old on Tuesday in the Iyana-Ipaja neighborhood of Lagos State.
Officers from the Moshalashi Police Station were pursuing a suspect when they struck and killed the girl at the Ecobank roundabout in Iyana-Ipaja, according to Nnamdi Ugorji, the father of the deceased.
He told journalists on Wednesday that the cops were responsible for the incident. Through the erroneous assertion that the vehicle had somersaulted, he accused the police of attempting to cover up the incident.
“The police were chasing someone, and in the process, they hit my daughter with their vehicle.
“My daughter with her siblings went to EcoBank to withdraw money from the ATM. While they were returning, a speeding car ran over my daughter and killed her.
“It is obvious to anyone who comes to see the car that they are lying about it somersaulting. The car is at the police station, but they want to cover up their crime to exonerate themselves.
“The police officers are the ones who caused this problem, and they are lying. My baby was only 6 years old.
“Why would police officers, who are responsible for preventing and detecting crime, maintaining law and order, and protecting lives and property, lie about the car somersaulting when nothing of the sort happened?
“They know what they did to my child. They also have children they protect—would they pray for such a thing to happen to them? Why are they lying? Don’t they fear God and the Last Day?”
“Now I don’t know what to do. As a poor man, where will I get the money to take her to the village for burial? It is very unfortunate that those who are supposed to protect us are the ones killing us.
“I am calling on all well-meaning Nigerians to come to my aid. I want justice for my daughter.”
Deputy Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin, who is the spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, stated that he is not aware of the issue. He is going to investigate and report his findings.