Ondo State Police Command has debunked stories claiming that a vehicle in the convoy of the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, was responsible for the death of a nine-year-old girl in Akure on Thursday.
The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, in a statement, said the reports were entirely baseless and misleading.
“The attention of the Ondo State Police Command has been drawn to a false and misleading report published by Sahara Reporters on April 17.
“It alleged that the convoy of the first lady, Sen. Oluremi, was responsible for the tragic death of a young girl in Akure,” the statement read.
The statement added that eyewitness accounts and preliminary investigations conducted by the command confirmed that the incident was caused by a hit-and-run driver operating an unregistered white Lexus vehicle.
The statement said a witness, Ayanlade, 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.
The State Police Commissioner, Ondo state command, was said to have personally visited the grieving family and assured them of a full and transparent investigation into the incident.
“At no point was the first lady’s convoy involved in this tragedy,” the spokesperson reaffirmed.
