The management of Chrisland school has finally broken the silence over the death of their student, Whiteney Adeniran, who was said to have slumped and died during school inter house sport competition.
The school sympathized with the deceased family. In a statement, the school said Whiteney slumped and died in public view, adding that her body should be subjected to scientific verification to ascertain the cause of her demise.
On its steps to resuscitate Whitney, the school said “our immediate response was to take advantage of proximity to first-aid, by identifying the nearest medical facility to take her to, where the doctor on duty, administered oxygen and every aid possible on her.
“We immediately notified regulatory stakeholders and agencies to allow for a comprehensive evaluation and assessment of the developments.
“As we await the outcome of an independent post-mortem process, we remain unwaveringly committed to supporting the family at this critical moment and pray fervently for the fortitude to bear her painful loss, the school said.
However, Whitney’s, father, Michael Adeniran, was reported to have gone to social media to lay her grievances as his daughter who left for inter house sport competition ended up dead.
According to Vanguard, Dr. Adeniran is calling on authorities to come into the matter as he claimed to have given the school a healthy daughter only for her to be returned lifeless.
Her social media message has it thus: “Good day Nigerians. This is a call to all well-meaning Nigerians to come to my aid. All bloggers, all media and all government agencies. Ministry of Justice, DSS and every intelligence agency. All human rights activists. This is a call to all of you. If you are reading this information kindly come to my aid.
“My name is Dr Micheal Adeyemi Adeniran, I am a father of 12-year-old Whitney Adeniran who died at Chrisland International High School, Opebi, Lagos inter house sport at Agege Stadium.
“It happened that my daughter attended Chrisland High School, and it was their inter-house sport event on Thursday, February 9th 2023 and she dressed up from home, healthy with no health conditions or sickness at all, the school bus came to pick her up to the venue of the event at Agege Stadium.
“To the biggest shock of my life by 1pm in the afternoon I got a call from my wife that she was informed that our daughter slumped at the inter house sport and she was rushed to the clinic. My wife was at the venue even before she started.
“She was never informed or called untill they have conveyed our child out of the venue before they informed her. On arrival of my wife at the health center where they took my daughter, my daughter was lying dead with her lips black and her tongue black.
“My wife called me urgently, I left my office to the place and found my daughter lying dead on ground. I asked question for what happened to my daughter and the school authority could not get me any information as to what happened to my child in their care.
“I gave Chrisland School a healthy vibrant young girl what Chrisland returned to me is a dead child. My entire family is in deep sorrow but the school authority claimed they know nothing about my daughter’s death and all they know is that my daughter slumped and died.
“For the general information of the public Chrisland School held such a magnificent event without a simple fully equipped ambulance, no paramedics, medical personnel or no safety corps, no paramedic except a school quack nurse . Who later confessed to me that the child died even at stadium but she can not pronounce her dead because she is not a doctor
“My question is what happened to my daughter at Agege Stadium. As a father I demand answer from Chrisland International High School. I am in deep pain and sorrow right now. If you are a father you will understand my pain. My daughter is highly loved by us. We cherished her existence and we can never allow any institution to gloss over the death of our daughter.
” I am calling on the Pathology Department of at Lagos State University Teacher Hospital, LASUTH, to please be honest with their result. Lagos State government, Nigerian Government, please intervene.”
