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By Amah<\/p>\n
Kindly share:<\/p>\n
The Ondo State Police Command has dismissed reports that a vehicle in the convoy of the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, was responsible for the death of a nine-year-old girl in Akure on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the first lady was in Ondo State to launch the Renewed Hope Initiative Health Programme and to distribute 10,000 professional kits, comprising Crocs and scrubs, to midwives in the South-West zone.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the Command\u2019s spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, clarified that the claim was entirely baseless and misleading.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe attention of the Ondo State Police Command has been drawn to a false and misleading report published by Sahara Reporters on April 17.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt alleged that the convoy of the first lady, Sen. Oluremi, was responsible for the tragic death of a young girl in Akure,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
\u201cEyewitness accounts and preliminary investigations conducted by the command confirm that the incident was caused by a hit-and-run driver operating an unregistered white Lexus vehicle.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd not by any vehicle associated with the first lady\u2019s convoy.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Ayanlade, a witness who observed the hit-and-run incident pursued the fleeing vehicle on a motorcycle immediately after the crash, which occurred in the Oba-Ile area of Akure.<\/p>\n
The witness accounts were corroborated by several individuals at the scene, as well as by the victim\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to her parents, the child was actually seven years old, highlighting the publication\u2019s disregard for factual accuracy, even in a matter as sensitive as this,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n
The Commissioner of Police, Ondo State Command, was said to have personally visited the grieving family and assured them of a full and transparent investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt no point was the first lady\u2019s convoy involved in this tragedy,\u201d the spokesperson reaffirmed.
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