Thirteen people, including 11 almajirai and two adults, crammed inside a Golf 3 car were on Thursday intercepted in Kaduna State.

WuzupNigeria reports that the Golf 3, a Volkswagen product, was designed to carry five people – including the driver.

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Mrs Hafsat Baba, who announced the discovery in her Twitter handle on Thursday afternoon, said she and her officials saw the vehicle while they were on their way to a function in the city.

She said, when accosted, one of the adults said they were coming into the state from Masaka, Nasarawa State, a 250-kilometre journey that lasts at least three hours.

The commissioner said she ordered one of her security aides to take the passengers to the Police Divisional Headquarters in Pambegua for necessary profiling and medical check, adding that the Divisional Police Officer, Samaila Gyadi, had begun the process.

“We have just intercepted a Golf 3 along Pambegua cramped with 11 Almajirai and two adults reportedly coming from Nasarawa (Masaka),” she wrote.

“We intercepted them on our way to inspect two Tsangaya model schools in Soba and Lere Local Government Areas of the state. They have been handed over to the DPO of Pambegua Division for profiling and a temperature check by the Primary Health Care personnel.

“The DPO, Samaila Gyadi, who was recently posted to the division, was cooperative and assured us of prompt action on the passengers.”