The Niger State Police Command has rescued two children aged eight and 12 who have been found stranded in their father’s abandoned Toyota Highlander alongside the Abuja-Kaduna freeway after the vehicle went lacking in Suleja.
The incident occurred on October 19 when the daddy took the children to a authorities college in Suleja to hunt admission however was denied entry as a result of that they had incomplete paperwork.
The police spokesperson, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in an announcement issued on Friday.
According to the assertion, the daddy parked by the roadside after leaving the college gate and handed the vehicle key to the children earlier than going to a close-by pc centre to photocopy some paperwork.
The father reportedly returned to find that the children and the vehicle, with registration quantity ABJ 810 GZ, have been lacking.
Following a report on the Maje Divisional Police Headquarters, the Divisional Police Officer mobilised officers to the scene, interviewed the college’s safety personnel and launched intensive search patrols.
The search led to the invention of the vehicle abandoned alongside the Abuja-Kaduna freeway, with the two children inside.
The children have been rescued unhurt, whereas the vehicle was recovered and searched by the police.
When questioned, the children reportedly instructed investigators that that they had fallen asleep whereas ready for his or her father to return.
