Unfortunate! How Road Block By APC Killed 8-Day-Old Baby In Lagos, Bereaved Father Gives Account

Unfortunate! How Road Block By APC Killed 8-Day-Old Baby In Lagos, Bereaved Father Gives Account

An eight-day-old baby has died after allegedly getting trapped in a road block caused as a result of the stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogba area of  Lagos State on Thursday.

According to the Father of the child who tweeted via @sauce231, the baby was sick and was being taken to a specialist Hospital before the traffic gridlock was encountered on Acme Road, Ogba, Lagos.

In several tweets, he revealed how his parents and wife were stuck in the gridlock and how Lagos State Traffic Management officials failed to grant access to the ambulance which was conveying the little baby from Ogba to Lagos Island.

He tweeted: “@AkinwunmiAmbode @APCNigeria Thanks to you guys today for the roads you blocked without prior notice. My eight-day-old baby boy died.

“My baby died in traffic on the way to the hospital, the day after his naming ceremony.  I prayed for you this morning, kissed you and told you I would see you and your beautiful mum when I’m back from work.

“I was at the office; my wife, dad, mum, and three of my aunties were the ones doing the running around. From Oke Ira Ogba, they were referred to a children specialist hospital on the island but died in the traffic.

“Why didn’t the LASTMA officials that my parents were begging to let them through because of the emergency call the attention of the ambulance?

“Imagine your child dying in the presence of his mother and grandparents inside traffic. First grandchild.”

The bereaved father further stated how his father later brought the corpse of his baby to his office, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, Hq Annex, Ogba, in order to go bury him.

It will be recalled that the leadership of the APC in Lagos which had series of stakeholders meeting at its Secretariate located on Acme Road, Ogba which had various top members of the party in attendance.

The series of meetings are being held ahead of the July 22 local government election in the State.

Green News.

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  • Gbade Akinyooye , May 14, 2017 @ 2:36 pm

    i feel for the parents.Unfortunate.The ugly Nigeria situation has dealt them a heavy blow.Blame APC for the road block.However APC left the control of traffic in the hands of appropriate authority- LASMA which should have redirected all traffic away from the venue through other exit routes.
    In the unfortunate situation, the LASMA officer that was claimed to have been approached by the child’s father would have done a lot more to assist the situation. Sitting in the car and clearing traffic for an emergency situation is one option that would have been acclaimed.We just dont have feelings for one another. Very Sad.

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