Twelve-year-old student of Chrisland International School, Whitney Adeniran, who died during the school’s inter-house sports activities at Agege Stadium, Lagos State, has been laid to rest.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that Whitney Adeniran was laid to rest on Thursday.
Whitney Adeniran, the 12-year-old student of Chrisland High School, died from asphyxia and electrocution, Lagos State Government said on Thursday.
According to the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, the post-mortem report issued by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital on Wednesday showed that the deceased cause of death revealed asphyxia and electrocution.
Onigbanjo said in a statement that the Directorate of Public Prosecutions had been instructed to issue legal advice on the matter with immediate effect.
“The Lagos State Government commiserates with the deceased family while reassuring Lagosians that anybody found culpable would immediately be charged to court,” the statement read.
It will be recalled that shortly after the incident happened, the school management released a statement after her death that she slumped in “public view and not under any hidden circumstances.”
Blessing, the mother of Whitney revealed in an Instagram live video on Wednesday that an autopsy carried out on her daughter revealed she died of electrocution during the school’s sports activities.
Meanwhile, Lagos State government has said it will ensure justice for Whitney Adeniran, the pupil of Chrisland School, Ikeja, Lagos campus who died during the school’s Inter-house sports competition in Agege Stadium recently.
Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, gave the assurance on Thursday when she paid a condolence visit to the family of the deceased at their Lagos residence.
She confirmed the receipt of the post mortem report on the cause of Whitney’s death and restated the commitment of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu that nothing would be spared at ensuring appropriate interrogation of the cause and prosecution of anyone found culpable.
Adefisayo assured the parents that the Ministry of Education shared in their grief and would be with the family in the journey for justice.
She was accompanied on the visit by Mr Abayomi Abolaji, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, Director General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, Executive Secretary, Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency and some Directors of the Ministry.