Police rescue abandoned children in Lagos
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) unit of the Lagos State police command have rescued two children abandoned by their mother in the Marina area of Lagos State.
This is contained in a statement posted on Friday on its official Twitter handle.
The children were identified as: Chidara, five-year old and Shonton Chukwu, three-year old.
The RRS said that the children were rescued on Thursday at about 6:00 p.m.
“Our patrol team at Marina saw two underage boys on the expressway about to be run over by speeding vehicles.
“The boys disclosed that their mother boarded a car and left them,” it said.
The RRS said that the children had been taken to the Adeniji-Adele Police Division to be reunited with their parents.
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