A seven-year-old girl, Saratu Lawal, tragically died in Akure, Ondo State, on Thursday, April 17, 2025, after being hit by a vehicle near Oba Ile Central Mosque. Initial reports claimed the vehicle was a butter-coloured Hilux in the convoy of Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who was in the state to launch the South-West leg of the Renewed Hope Initiative and distribute professional kits to nurses and midwives.
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However, the Ondo State Police Command has officially denied the involvement of the First Lady’s convoy in the incident. According to the police spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, investigations and eyewitness accounts confirmed that the accident was caused by a hit-and-run driver in an unregistered white Lexus vehicle, not any vehicle associated with the First Lady’s convoy. A witness pursued the fleeing driver on a motorcycle immediately after the crash, and multiple testimonies, including those of the victim’s parents, support this account.
The police commissioner personally met with the grieving family and assured a thorough investigation. The victim’s body has been released to her family for burial according to Islamic rites. The police have appealed to the public to provide any information that could help apprehend the hit-and-run driver.
