First Lady Remi Tinubu’s Convoy Kills 7-Year-Old Girl in Ondo

• First Lady Oluremi Tinubu’s convoy has killed a seven years old girl in Ondo

• The deceased was pupil at Islamiyar Arabic School, Shasha.

• Mrs Tinubu was in Akure on Thursday to flag off the South-West leg of the Renewed Hope Initiative

First Lady Remi Tinubu’s convoy has killed a seven years old girl in Ondo State.

Daily Report Nigeria reports that the victim was knocked down by a vehicle in the convoy of the first lady on Thursday in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

Eyewitness told SaharaReporters that the deceased identified as Saratu Lawal was a pupil at Islamiyar Arabic School, Shasha, and was knocked down by a butter coloured hilux.

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Mrs Tinubu was in Akure on Thursday to flag off the South-West leg of the Renewed Hope Initiative to improve the well-being of women and girls across the country and distribute no fewer than 10,000 professional kits — comprising Crocs and scrubs — to nurses and midwives in the South-West region.

The First Lady’s convoy knocked Saratu around Oba Ile while the president’s wife was moving from the airport to the venue of the event.

“A seven years old girl by name Saratu Lawal, and a pupil of Islamiyar Arabic School, Shasha, was knocked down by a butter coloured hilux in the government convoy of her Excellency, the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is on official visit to Ondo State,” the source told SaharaReporters.

“The incident occurred today, Thursday 17th April 2025, in Oba Ile before the Oba Ile Central Mosque.

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“It claimed the life of the child as every effort to save her could not yield the desired result even when she was rushed to the primary healthcare in Oba Ile.”

Meanwhile, the father of the deceased, Malam Lawali, a trader at Oba Ile market, said he has “handed everything to God.”

The body of the child has since been handed over to the family for burial in line with Islamic injunction.