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Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by nurudeen181(m): 10:29am On Oct 21, 2025
Why are they showing her face. Shes not a criminal. Nawa o
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by Goodlady(f): 10:29am On Oct 21, 2025
Lukuluku69:
I saw this yesterday.

O ma se o.

Probably avoiding Care Centres fees, can't leave the child home alone because it is America and can't take her to work and school were on holidays then.

And Texas was bloody hot that time.

That is the American Life for some of our Japarians.

It a pity really.
very sad devp.
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by Ishilove: 10:30am On Oct 21, 2025
Watcharena:
There no place on earth that reaches 99 degrees naturally

Abi Na lack of knowledge dey worry me
99 degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to 37 degrees Celsius.
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by Ishilove:
casualobserver:
That’s at best manslaughter not murder. Murder implies intent. It will be difficult to prove murder if she has a good lawyer.

1) they must prove intent to kill
2) a 9 yr old child is capable of getting out of the car

Negligence is not murder that’s why the charge should be manslaughter. In fact I doubt she can be charged for manslaughter. She will likely be charged for negligent homicide.

How on earth does a 9yr old not know how to get out of a car?


Yes she will be arrested, that is normal but I doubt she was charged for murder, I think this is typical nigerian journalists murdering the English language.
I'm suspecting she locked the vehicle so that the child will not wander around and put her in trouble.
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by juwoonn(m): 10:34am On Oct 21, 2025
NotOfThisWorld:
Then kindly go away from my posts and don't quote me again grin. I wrote "A 9-year old is too young to leave in a house by themselves for 8-hours or however long her shift was" and you're telling me the correct word is "live". I block people on here easily. It seems you're about to be next.
Fine geh..
Feel free to block me but before you do, take a dictionary or do a small Google search for the difference between leave and live.
I like you sha..
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by ednut1(m): 10:34am On Oct 21, 2025
Gotocourt:
Which kind lamba b dis

99 degrees
they use Fahrenheit in usa. Thats 37 degrees Celsius
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by juwoonn(m): 10:37am On Oct 21, 2025
NotOfThisWorld:
Then kindly go away from my posts and don't quote me again grin. I wrote "A 9-year old is too young to leave in a house by themselves for 8-hours or however long her shift was" and you're telling me the correct word is "live". I block people on here easily. It seems you're about to be next.

Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by pocohantas(f): 10:38am On Oct 21, 2025
GloriousGbola:
When you are in obodo oyibo and you are just starting out these are the risks you will face.

She was working in a factory, which means she was already at the lower end of the salary earning scale. And in obodo oyibo 8 hours is 8 hours,esp of you are a foreigner.

Back in the 80s in the uk my parents had to pay people to mind us when they went to work. And they were earning well. Even so there was a couple that used to beat us. A nice lady that smoked.
Was the nice lady a Nigerian?
I know right. I suspect she has been doing this and got unfortunate this time. Imagine 8 hours alone in a car as a child. May God give us the physical and emotional resources to take care of our kids o.
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by casualobserver: 10:40am On Oct 21, 2025
Ishilove:
I'm suspecting she locked the vehicle so that the child will not wonder around and put her in trouble.
It appears the real problem was she gave her some medicine to help the child sleep which ultimately incapacitated the child.

“ GALENA PARK, Texas -- A mother was charged with felony murder after her 9-year-old daughter was left in a hot car in July in Texas. She was arrested on Friday, according to law enforcement.

Court documents said 36-year-old Gbemisola Akayinode admitted to law enforcement that she left her child in her car while she went to work in Galena Park, Texas. It happened in the gated employee parking lot of USG, a large manufacturer of industrial and building products.

The mother said she lowered the back windows halfway and left her daughter with food, a fan, water and ice cubes, and gave her melatonin to help her sleep.

Court records showed that Akayinode told investigators she stayed inside the office and did not check on her daughter until after her eight-hour shift was over, because she was too busy.

When she left work, she found the child unresponsive and screamed for help. Her daughter was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

According to court documents, the medical examiner's office found the young girl's body temperature was 108 degrees. They said her cause of death was hyperthermia.

Court documents revealed Akayinode admitted it wasn't the first time she left her daughter alone in the car while she went to work. According to court documents, she did it the day before and admitted to a total of about four times.

She claimed she couldn't pay for day care until she received her paycheck. However, court documents said a coworker claimed he was helping her with money because he knew she was struggling to make ends meet.

Investigators asked Akayinode if she had checked the weather or if she knew how hot it was going to be outside. According to court documents, she said she didn't and that it slipped her mind.

Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by whytediamond(m): 10:41am On Oct 21, 2025
Gotocourt:
Which kind lamba b dis

99 degrees
Temperature was measured in Fahrenheit. Education isn't scam after all.

Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by casualobserver: 10:42am On Oct 21, 2025
pocohantas:
Was the nice lady a Nigerian?
I know right. I suspect she has been doing this and got unfortunate this time. Imagine 8 hours alone in a car as a child. May God give us the physical and emotional resources to take care of our kids o.
She had done it 4 times. She couldn’t afford daycare and was being helped financially by coworkers.
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by yewit37486: 10:44am On Oct 21, 2025
In all this, where is the father of the child? I suspect this woman is likely a single mother who is combining childcare and paying bills. If the father of this girl was in the picture, they either would have been able to afford childcare or at least have a parent stay home to watch the kids. Just sad.
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by omoredia: 10:44am On Oct 21, 2025
See as she be like hamas women leader smh
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by Nobody: 10:47am On Oct 21, 2025
casualobserver:
You don’t need the key fob to open the door using the buttons inside the car!

I said go and try it before you respond to me again.

Let me explain something to you. No car will pass certification if you cannot open the car from inside without the key or key fob. It is considered a safety hazard.

You won’t be able to open from outside without the key but you MUST be able to open from inside or else the Car will NOT be approved for sale to the public.

Like I can if you don’t have a car borrow your friends car and experiment.
I took time to contact someone who I have seen do it for hours and still almost same with what I said earlier.

He said you just have to central lock the car with child lock activated and take the fob away.

He told me they would only be able yo open the front door if they pull the lever twice and won’t work on first attempt.

Thank me cos I made several calls before getting his attention.
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by GloriousGbola: 10:48am On Oct 21, 2025
pocohantas:
Was the nice lady a Nigerian?
I know right. I suspect she has been doing this and got unfortunate this time. Imagine 8 hours alone in a car as a child. May God give us the physical and emotional resources to take care of our kids o.
all the people who babysat us were white

na try your luck until you get a good baby sitter.

eventually we found a nice lady - aunty gail. she babysat us till we left the uk.

google babysitter death cooking oil

https://www.nairaland.com/627319/jessica-tata-surrenders

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/02/24/remembering-deadly-alief-daycare-fire-in-2011-4-children-killed-3-injured-jessica-tata-remains-behind-bars/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rosa-jimenez-murder-charge-dismissed-99-year-sentence-babysitter-texas/

too much risk
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by uuzba(m): 10:49am On Oct 21, 2025
37C

Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by DonnyE(m): 10:52am On Oct 21, 2025
Watcharena:
There no place on earth that reaches 99 degrees naturally

Abi Na lack of knowledge dey worry me
They use Fahrenheit in the US, not Celsius
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by 9JAMac10: 10:54am On Oct 21, 2025
Gotocourt:
Which kind lamba b dis

99 degrees
yes ignorant person. 99 degrees Fahrenheit
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by vanvickie(m): 10:55am On Oct 21, 2025
Gotocourt:
Which kind lamba b dis

99 degrees
U.S uses the Fahrenheit not celcius for measuring temperature.. So that 99°F is like 37°C.
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by Talismann: 10:58am On Oct 21, 2025
abeg after jail time make them deport the werey back home, pikin wey many dey find na Im she use dey play kalu kalu
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by casualobserver: 10:58am On Oct 21, 2025
CoronaVirusPro:
I took time to contact someone who I have seen do it for hours and still almost same with what I said earlier.

He said you just have to central lock the car with child lock activated and take the fob away.

He told me they would only be able yo open the front door if they pull the lever twice and won’t work on first attempt.

Thank me cos I made several calls before getting his attention.
This is the problem with you Nigerians you take advice from fellow ignorant people. I said go and get a car and try it out yourself.

The answer he gave you was based on what you told him. I am not sure you even understand what you should ask him.

I have told you all cars are designed such that you can open the doors (except the rear door if child lock is activated) from the inside whether the key is present or not.

It is a global standard safety design feature. You want to keep intruders out of your car not trapped inside. So cars are designed so you can always get out. In fact some cars are designed so you can escape if locked in the boot.

You clearly dont have a car like I said or you won’t be asking someone. Go and find yourself a car and try it and please don’t respond to me wasting my time until you have. I don’t care what your friend Jelili said, this has nothing to do with child lock or no child lock. All car doors can be opened from the inside without the presence of the key fob. If the child lock is activated the rear doors won’t open but the front doors will.

I repeat Don’t respond to me until you have physically verified tried it yourself. I am not interested in what Jelili told you!

Sometimes you people don’t think well. What if the battery of the key fob dies while you are in the car and the doors are locked are you saying you can’t open the car? This is the problem with NIgerians our thought process is just wrong and devoid of critical thinking and logic.

Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by Itiskdg121(m): 10:58am On Oct 21, 2025
Fahrenheit
Gotocourt:
Which kind lamba b dis

99 degrees
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by Talismann: 10:59am On Oct 21, 2025
Gotocourt:
Which kind lamba b dis

99 degrees
Go school you no gree, that's almost 38 degrees Celsius
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by chigator2: 11:01am On Oct 21, 2025
Gotocourt:
Which kind lamba b dis

99 degrees
Fahrenheit. They use that scale
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by Nobody: 11:04am On Oct 21, 2025
Those blaming the poor child forgot that the mother gave her melatonin to help her sleep and that's why she kpaid. Immediately she slept in that heat, she would kpai in her sleep because of heat exhaustion. If she was awake, she could have had the time to think straight enough to exit the car. Rip to her.
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by femo86(m): 11:05am On Oct 21, 2025
Gotocourt:
Which kind lamba b dis

99 degrees
99 degrees Fahrenheit is 37 degrees Celsius

Oga Sir..nothing like lamba
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by Nobody: 11:06am On Oct 21, 2025
casualobserver:
This is the problem with you Nigerians you take advice from fellow ignorant people. I said go and get a car and try it out yourself.

The answer he gave you was based on what you told him. I am not sure you even understand what you should ask him.

I have told you all cars are designed such that you can open the doors (except the rear door which child lock activated) from the inside whether the key is present or not.

It is a global standard safety design feature. You can’t to keep people out of your car not trapped inside. So cars are designed so you can always get out. In fact some cars are designed so you can escape if locked in the boot.

You clearly dont have a car like I said or you won’t be asking someone. Go and find yourself a car and try it and please don’t respond to me wasting my time until you have. I don’t care what your friend Jelili said, this has nothing to do with child lock or no child lock. All car doors can be opened from the inside without the presence of the key fob. If the child lock is activated the rear doors won’t open but the front doors will.

I repeat Don’t respond to me until you have physically verified tried it yourself. I am not interested in what Jelili told you!
Instead of thanking me and appreciating what I just taught you, you started composing a novel.

The dude who told knows what he is talking about. Try it and see if it works.
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by casualobserver: 11:06am On Oct 21, 2025
CoronaVirusPro:
Instead of thanking me and appreciating what I just taught you, you started composing a novel.

The dude who told knows what he is talking about. Try it and see if it works.
I will thank you for wasting my time by blocking you. I warned you!
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by oalandAgents2: 11:09am On Oct 21, 2025
That is what happens when these women come abroad and get seduced by the idea, that they can dump their husbands and government assistance would help them.
But not knowing they have walked into a trap making them prey to the evil social services system that would start target her single parent household for serious scrutiny with the aim of taking her children into govt care for unspoken evil purposes.
First problem these single mothers run into is the child protective services threatening to take their children away if they are ever discovered to be home alone.
Hence why this particular incident probably occurred.
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by Cmanforall: 11:09am On Oct 21, 2025
Omi24:
What was she thinking?

Now she have landed her self in double sorrow; languishing in prison and thinking about her dead child
Maybe she has done it before and it worked. But this is very careless of her. At least use some people in your community or cycle (and pay them even if it’s quarter of what you’d earn from work)
Just find alternatives
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by NothingDoMe: 11:15am On Oct 21, 2025
Gotocourt:
Which kind lamba b dis

99 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Re: Nigerian Mother Arrested For Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Hot Car by Anatolia: 11:20am On Oct 21, 2025
She gave the girl sleeping medicine too.
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