Whitney: Lagos alleges disqualifications, says Chrisland remains closed
The Lagos State government said on Sunday that Chrisland International School would remain closed as the inquest into the death of a student at the school, Whitney Adeniran, was still pending. course.
PUNCH Metro had reported that the pupil had died during the school's inter-house sports competition at Agege Stadium, Agege Local Government Area of the State.
Nigeria News Agency quoted the state government as saying that the continued closure of the school after the student's death of 12 aimed to further investigate allegations of endangerment of students and others.
"The closure of the school paved the way for an unhindered investigation and gave all stakeholders, including parents, students, staff and friends of the deceased, the time to grieve," said state education commissioner Folashade. Adefisayo, said.
She added: "In view of the circumstances surrounding the child's death, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State has ordered a coroner's inquest into the matter for determine the cause.
"Lagos State Teaching Hospital conducted the autopsy on 15th February. It was performed by Professor Sunday Soyemi, Consultant Pathologist, LASUTH, in the presence of Dr Samuel Keshinro , Consulting Pathologist, representing the deceased family, and Dr. Olugbenga Oyewole, Consulting Pathologist representing Chrisland Schools.
"The autopsy report, dated March 1, found the cause of death to be asphyxiation and electrocution. The Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice therefore ordered the Public Prosecutions Branch to issue a legal opinion on the matter. Without prejudice to criminal prosecution, the school will remain closed to further question the endangerment of students and others."
Adefisayo added that the Office of Education Quality Assurance team also had a meeting with school management to verify compliance with child protection policies. .
"The meeting reviewed the planning for the inter-house sporting event and the aftermath of the unfortunate incident. It was discovered that there were gaps," she said in the press release.
The commissioner added that a government delegation visited the family of the deceased on March 2 to sympathize with them.
She reassured everyone that anyone found guilty of Whitney's death would face the law, adding that government agencies had also begun fact-finding visits to Agege Stadium, in Lagos, the venue for the home sports inter-competition.
Meanwhile, contrary to claims that the school demanded that the pupil's corpse be exhumed for another autopsy after the result of the previous one released by the government revealed that the student had died of asphyxiation and electrocution, the school administration, in a statement on Sunday, refuted the allegation.
Describing the claim as callous, the school, in the statement, assured the public that it had no such plans.
"We vehemently deny the claim that Chrisland School intends to exhume Whitney's body.
"We have no such plan and assure the public that we are also grieving parents and that we will not do or subscribe to anything that paints such an insensitive lens that prevents our dear daughter to rest," the statement read. .
Rather than dialogue about any exhumation, the school said it plans to honor Whitney's memory by immortalizing her "so that she may remain indelibly in our consciousness".
He noted that the decision to immortalize Whitney was "without prejudice to the ongoing coroner's inquest, but it is an honor we owe him."
Chrisland also revealed that he insisted on the coroner's inquest because he had complete confidence in the inquest process, noting that it would help weed out any insinuations of a cover-up and protect against future events.
While apologizing for what it described as sending "unbearably quiet signals" to the public and other stakeholders, the school promised to continue to cooperate with the authority to allow investigations to proceed fully.
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The Lagos State government said on Sunday that Chrisland International School would remain closed as the inquest into the death of a student at the school, Whitney Adeniran, was still pending. course.
PUNCH Metro had reported that the pupil had died during the school's inter-house sports competition at Agege Stadium, Agege Local Government Area of the State.
Nigeria News Agency quoted the state government as saying that the continued closure of the school after the student's death of 12 aimed to further investigate allegations of endangerment of students and others.
"The closure of the school paved the way for an unhindered investigation and gave all stakeholders, including parents, students, staff and friends of the deceased, the time to grieve," said state education commissioner Folashade. Adefisayo, said.
She added: "In view of the circumstances surrounding the child's death, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State has ordered a coroner's inquest into the matter for determine the cause.
"Lagos State Teaching Hospital conducted the autopsy on 15th February. It was performed by Professor Sunday Soyemi, Consultant Pathologist, LASUTH, in the presence of Dr Samuel Keshinro , Consulting Pathologist, representing the deceased family, and Dr. Olugbenga Oyewole, Consulting Pathologist representing Chrisland Schools.
"The autopsy report, dated March 1, found the cause of death to be asphyxiation and electrocution. The Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice therefore ordered the Public Prosecutions Branch to issue a legal opinion on the matter. Without prejudice to criminal prosecution, the school will remain closed to further question the endangerment of students and others."
Adefisayo added that the Office of Education Quality Assurance team also had a meeting with school management to verify compliance with child protection policies. .
"The meeting reviewed the planning for the inter-house sporting event and the aftermath of the unfortunate incident. It was discovered that there were gaps," she said in the press release.
The commissioner added that a government delegation visited the family of the deceased on March 2 to sympathize with them.
She reassured everyone that anyone found guilty of Whitney's death would face the law, adding that government agencies had also begun fact-finding visits to Agege Stadium, in Lagos, the venue for the home sports inter-competition.
Meanwhile, contrary to claims that the school demanded that the pupil's corpse be exhumed for another autopsy after the result of the previous one released by the government revealed that the student had died of asphyxiation and electrocution, the school administration, in a statement on Sunday, refuted the allegation.
Describing the claim as callous, the school, in the statement, assured the public that it had no such plans.
"We vehemently deny the claim that Chrisland School intends to exhume Whitney's body.
"We have no such plan and assure the public that we are also grieving parents and that we will not do or subscribe to anything that paints such an insensitive lens that prevents our dear daughter to rest," the statement read. .
Rather than dialogue about any exhumation, the school said it plans to honor Whitney's memory by immortalizing her "so that she may remain indelibly in our consciousness".
He noted that the decision to immortalize Whitney was "without prejudice to the ongoing coroner's inquest, but it is an honor we owe him."
Chrisland also revealed that he insisted on the coroner's inquest because he had complete confidence in the inquest process, noting that it would help weed out any insinuations of a cover-up and protect against future events.
While apologizing for what it described as sending "unbearably quiet signals" to the public and other stakeholders, the school promised to continue to cooperate with the authority to allow investigations to proceed fully.
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