Whitney Adeniran: govt orders coroner’s inquest
The Lagos State Government has ordered an immediate coroner’s inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Whitney Adeniran, a student of Chrisland School, Opebi, Lagos.
The 12-year-old slumped and died according to the school’s narrative during the interhouse sport competition of the school.
The competition was held at the Agege Stadium, also in Lagos on 9 February, 2023. The mother of the deceased raised an alarm on the social media and this has caught attention of the Lagos State Government.
The embittered woman narrated how she learned about her daughter’s demise and she argued that the school was not sincere in its claim that Whitney Adeniran suddenly slumped and died.
The earlier report from the hospital said Adeniran had cardiovascular arrest (heart attack). But some unverified claims said that she touched a machine with wet hands and she was electrocuted in the process.
The attorney general and commissioner for justice in the state signed a statement released on behalf of the government.
The statement read in part, “A Coroner’s Inquest has immediately been requested, in line with sections 14 and 15 of the Coroners’ Systems Law, Laws of Lagos State 2015, to determine the cause and circumstances of death.
“By Section 14(1)(d) of the Coroners’ System Law of the State, “a report of death shall be made to any of the agencies for the report of death or the office of the Coroner and be subject to post-mortem examination where there is reasonable cause to believe that the cause of death was violent, unnatural or suspicious.”
“Section 15(1) and (9) further enjoins the Coroner to hold an inquest whenever he or she is informed that the death of the deceased person was in a violent, unnatural or suspicious situation or believes an inquest is desirable following the report of a reportable death.”
In another development, the state ministry of education has ordered an immediate closure of the school over the incident.
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