An eight-day-old baby has died after being allegedly trapped in a traffic logjam caused by a stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state.
Major roads around the APC state headquarters in Ikeja were closed, subjecting residents to hardship.
The meeting was attended by the Lagos state governor Akinwunmi Ambode, national leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu.
The father of the deceased took to Twitter to pour out his anger.
Tweeting via @sauce231, the man narrated how the baby died in the traffic gridlock on Acme Road, Ogba.
He said the eight-day-old was being taken to a specialist hospital on Lagos Island when the sad incident occurred.
“@AkinwunmiAmbode @APCNigeria Thanks to you guys today for the roads you blocked without prior notice. My eight-day-old baby boy died,” he wrote.
“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.”
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