3 Children Die Inside Parked Car, Another Drowns in Borno
The Borno State Police Command has begun an investigation into the deaths of three children found lifeless inside a parked vehicle in Maiduguri, the state capital. The victims—three-year-old Anwar, one-year-five-month-old Fatima (popularly called Mama), and five-year-old Ahmed Muhammad—were reported missing on Tuesday after being allegedly lured away by an unidentified woman. Their father, Babagana Zanna Jaridama, a social media commentator and supporter of Governor Babagana Zulum, raised alarm when his children disappeared and even offered to surrender himself in exchange for their release. In a shocking twist, Jaridama later discovered the children’s bodies inside his old Honda Civic, parked in his compound, on Thursday night. Police operatives evacuated the victims to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), where doctors confirmed them dead. The bodies have been deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy. Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations […]