Eyewitness 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. And not by any vehicle associated with the first lady’s convoy

By Afolabi Ayodele

Ondo Nigeria | 18 April 2025

The Ondo State Police Command has debunked reports that a vehicle in the convoy of First Lady Oluremi Tinubu was responsible for the death of a young girl in Akure on Thursday.

According to the Police, the incident was not caused by any vehicle linked to the First Lady but by a hit-and-run driver in an unregistered white Lexus.

“The attention of the Ondo State Police Command has been drawn to a false and misleading report published by Sahara Reporters on April 17,” the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said.

“It alleged that the convoy of the first lady, Sen. Oluremi, was responsible for the tragic death of a young girl in Akure,” she added.

“Eyewitness 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. And not by any vehicle associated with the first lady’s convoy.”

According to the spokesperson, a witness who observed the incident pursued the fleeing vehicle on a motorcycle.

The police further said: “Furthermore, Sahara Reporters inaccurately claimed the deceased girl was nine years old. According to her parents, the child was actually seven years old, highlighting the publication’s disregard for factual accuracy, even in a matter as sensitive as this.”

The statement also disclosed that the Commissioner of Police had personally visited the bereaved family and assured them of a full and transparent investigation.

“At no point was the first lady’s convoy involved in this tragedy,” the spokesperson reaffirmed.

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