The Lagos State Police Command has revealed that it will likely conduct an autopsy to determine whether Ifeanyi Adeleke, son of popular music artiste, Davido, and his fiancée, Chioma Rowland, died as a result of drowning in a swimming pool at his father’s residence in the Banana Island area of Lagos State.
This is just as the police freed six out of the eight domestic staff arrested on Tuesday while detaining the nanny and the chef.
According to The PUNCH, a source revealed that depending on the decision of the family, it’s expected that in situations like this that the police conduct an autopsy.
“Though the family members are not saying anything yet because they are still in shock but until anybody says stop, the standard procedure is to conduct an autopsy and we are going to follow that procedure just like in any case of death,” the source said.
According to the source, out of the eight domestic employees questioned by police in connection with Ifeanyi’s death, the chef and nanny, whose job it was to look after the three-year-old kid, had been held for reasons including failure to uphold the duty of care of the minor.
The source said, “It was the work of the nanny to take care of the child (Ifeanyi); the nanny was negligent or how could the boy have left the house without her knowledge?
“The boy left the house, walked to the back where the swimming pool is situated and fell into the swimming pool. Nobody noticed until much later. At that point in time, he had drowned and was at the bottom of the swimming pool.
“So, they brought him out and rushed him to the Lagoon Hospital, where the doctors tried unsuccessfully to revive him. They left the hospital and rushed the boy to Evercare Hospital, where he was declared dead.
“They have deposited his corpse in the mortuary for an autopsy to reveal the cause of death. All the domestic workers at home when the incident happened have been questioned by the police but only the nanny and cook were detained.”
Also, the spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the detention of the two domestic workers.
“I spoke with the DPO and he said the nanny and the cook have been detained. Other domestic workers brought in for questioning were released,” he said.
