After confirming a mother’s traumatic story of how her daughter died of electrocution and asphyxia, and her school deliberately ‘hid’ the cause of death, the Lagos State Government said it would oppose exhumation of the corpse of Miss Whitney Adeniran, the 12-year-old student of Chrisland Schools, Opebi, Lagos, who died during the school’s inter-house sports, in February.
The government made the disclosure in a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs in the state’s Ministry of Justice, Mrs Grace Alo, on Saturday in Lagos.
Everyday.ng reports how a mother pleaded with her daughter’s school to tell her how her daughter died other than their story of sickness they gave her, but the school stood its ground that she fell ill and died shortly after.
Her father, Dr. Michael Adeniran, perhaps, based on insider information, alleged that his daughter died of electrocution. But the school denied flatly and maintained its story.
An autopsy was ordered.
The mother, in her own words, was made to go through the trauma of knowing her daughter was to be cut open and organs removed for the post-mortem process.
And the school, Chrisland, with a growing notoriety for the bizzare, was proved wrong and Whitney’s father proved right: the poor 12-year old died from electrocution. The how remains a mystery for now, as the school, caught pants down, has gone quiet.
Blessing Adeniran, the mother of 12-year old Chrisland schoolgirl, Whitney Omodesola Adeniran, tells her pathetic story on Instagram live video post: “The autopsy result is out and Desola was electrocuted. My daughter died of electrocution. I have been subjected to trauma for the past two weeks. Tomorrow will make it three weeks my baby died. The school made me think I was crazy They started pushing the narrative of she was sick; she was sickly. They sent letters and publications out.
“People insulted me and my family. My child was electrocuted to death. I told the school I don’t want trouble. All I want is answers. They came to my house and knelt down.
“I begged, I pleaded, I said ‘Mrs Amao please, I don’t know how autopsy is being done but I have browsed it and the image is scary. Please my daughter is already dead, don’t make me put her through that, they will butcher her. I beg you in the name of God, you are a mother, help me investigate and find out what happened.
“She said she doesn’t know. They refused to investigate. My daughter was butchered for autopsy. She was opened up. They took part of her kidney, liver, stomach contents, blood, brain, and bone marrow. Omodesola was butchered just because Chrisland kept protecting their reputation.”
The school had claimed that Whitney died on February 9, 2023 during the school’s inter-house sports held at Agege Stadium in Lagos,
The Lagos government, which later confirmed the mother’s story on the cause of death, said that the ministry of justice was aware of an ongoing dialogue about an alleged plan to exhume the body of the student.
It said that the ministry had yet to receive any official communication requesting for the exhumation.
The government said that it would oppose such a request if and when received.
“The circumstances for exhumation under the Coroners’ Systems Law, 2015, do not arise in this case.
“Additionally, it is not our intention to further traumatise the deceased’s family.
“We are working closely with the police who have given their reassurance that the duplicate case file would be forwarded on March 6 to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions to aid speedy issuance of legal advice,” it added.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a post-mortem report issued by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital on March 1 about the student revealed the cause of her death as asphyxia and electrocution.
The student died during Chrisland Schools inter-house sports on Feb. 9 at Agege Stadium, Lagos State.
Asphyxia is a breathing impairment that occurs when there is insufficient oxygen in the body.