Chrisland Faculty, employees, and vendor to face costs for the demise of pupil, Whitney Adediran

The Lagos State Authorities says a case of involuntary manslaughter along with reckless and negligent acts has been established in opposition to Chrisland Faculty, some members of employees and a vendor within the demise of considered one of its former college students, Whitney Adeniran.

Adeniran was stated to have slumped throughout her faculty’s inter-house sport on February 9. After an post-mortem, it was revealed that the 12-year-old died from Asphyxia and electrocution.

Following the controversial circumstance surrounding the coed’s demise, the state authorities by means of the Legal professional-Normal and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, ordered a coroner’s inquest into the matter to establish the reason for demise. The Coroner, Justice of the Peace Olabisi Fajana, later disclosed that the coroner’s inquest to unravel the reason for demise of the 12-year-old would begin on April 4.

See the total assertion under:

PRESS STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF LATE WHITNEY ADENIRAN, (CHRISLAND STUDENT).

 

On the ninth of February 2023, Whitney Omodesola Adeniran a Pupil of Chrisland Excessive Faculty, Ikeja aged 12 years, slumped through the Inter-house Sports activities organized by the Faculty on the Agege Sports activities Stadium and was subsequently rushed to Agege Central Hospital, Agege, Lagos the place she was confirmed “introduced in lifeless” (BID) by the physician on responsibility.

 

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The case was referred to the Nigerian Police Power which carried out thorough investigation with the assistance of different companies.

 

The file was subsequently forwarded to the DPP’s Workplace on Monday twentieth March, 2023 for overview of the duplicate case file. On the twenty third of March, 2023, the DPP issued his Authorized Recommendation and got here to the conclusion {that a} prima facie case of Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless and Negligent Acts had been established in opposition to the Faculty, some members of Employees and one of many Distributors.

 

They may due to this fact be charged with the offences of Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless and Negligent Acts opposite to Sections 224 & 251of the Prison Regulation, Ch C17, Vol.3, Legal guidelines of Lagos State, 2015.

 

Info can be filed in accordance with the authorized recommendation issued by the DPP. Licensed True Copies of the Authorized recommendation is accessible on the Ministry of Justice web site (www.lagosstatemoj.org.).

 

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DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS

LAGOS STATE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

twenty fourth March, 2023