Three children of the same parents; a boy and two girls, were confirmed dead on Sunday inside a car parked outside their residential house due to suffocation in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.
Tribune investigation gathered that the incident occurred at No 8, Boluke Line, Zango-Kulende quarters in the Ilorin metropolis.
It was also learnt that the mother of the deceased, Shade Silifat, who had gone out to buy noodles for her children’s Monday school meals, fainted as a result of the incident.
Sources confirmed that the incident occurred at about 2 p.m. when the three children locked themselves in the parked car, borrowed by their father from his sister within the premises of their quarters.
“Their mother, Shade, who discovered their footwear outside the parked car, raised an alarm after forcing the doors of the car open.
“The three children were then rushed to a private clinic, very close to their residence for medical attention”.
The medical director, Dr Adeyemo, however, directed that they be taken to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin, where they were confirmed dead.
The three siblings were later taken to a Muslim cemetery for burial according to Islamic rites.
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