Adeniran: Lagos State Government Takes Action Against Chrisland Schools

The Lagos State Government has ordered the immediate closure of the Chrisland International School pending the outcome of the investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a pupil, Whitney Adeniran.

Naija News reports that the deceased had slumped and died on Thursday during the school’s inter-house sports at Agege stadium, in the Agege area of the state.

The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, confirmed the development during a telephone conversation with Punch on Sunday.

He said, “We are investigating the matter but as a first step, we are going to shut down the school (Chrisland) tomorrow (Monday) to allow for a full investigation.

“The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasadee Adefisayo, has spoken with the father of the child to sympathise with him and commiserate with the family.”

Chrisland School management and the doctor that attended to Whitney stated that the deceased slumped and died of a heart attack

However, Whitney’s father, Tunde while speaking during an interview with BBC claimed that his daughter was electrocuted.

“She (Whitney) died from a naked wire from one cotton candy vendor machine. After she touched it, she was electrocuted immediately. I have documented evidence that my child died of electrocution and not cardiac arrest as Chrisland School claimed,” the aggrieved father told the BBC Pidgin.