Bodies of 3 missing kids found in neighbour’s car

The bodies of three of the four children who had gone missing since Wednesday have been found in a car. The fourth child who was also found in the car however survived at the time of the discovery and is receiving treatment at 44 Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna.

The survivor and the bodies of the three dead children were found at Surajo Road in Tudun Wada area of Kaduna on Saturday near their parents’ house in a car belonging to a neighbor. The car had not been used for a long while.

The children were all of the Hashimu Mai Atamfa family and were known to have gone missing on Wednesday around 6:45 pm.

They are Aisha Sulaiman Hashim, three and half years; Rabi’atu Aminu Hashim, four and half years; Abubakar Sulaiman Hashim, two and half years and Hamza Aminu Hashim, two and half years.

One of the parents, Suleiman Hashim who narrated how the incident occurred, said when the children were nowhere to be found around 6:45 pm on Wednesday they  began searching for them.

“My biological mother, that is their grandmother, even went inside the compound  where they were found to check inside the Honda Civic car that  was parked and it was empty. But to our surprise on Saturday we found their bodies inside the same car after three days. One of them Rabi’atu  came out alive. The three bodies were all naked but when they left home they had their clothes on. This is why we suspect that they were murdered.”

Sulaiman said the owner of the car Abdu Musawa who was aware that the  children were missing, came out on Saturday  to tell the parents that the children were found  inside his car.

Suleiman said he was confused when he saw the bodies of his children.

“Honestly, I really don’t know what to say because the incident really shocked the whole Hashim family.  I lost two of my children Aisha and Abubakar while my brother lost his Son Hamza,” he said.

The spokesperson of the Kaduna Police Command, ASP Yakubu Sabo, said investigations were on to unravel the mystery.

Daily Trust