Student's Death: Lagos Govt Orders Closure Of Chrisland Schools

The Lagos State government has ordered the closure of Chrisland School in Opebi, Ikeja, after the death of a student, Whitney Adeniran.

Commissioner for Education, Folasade Adefisayo on Sunday, February 12, 2023, said the school would remain shut pending the outcome of a full inquiry.

The official commiserated with the family and friends of the deceased and prayed for the repose of her soul.

Adefisayo, however, called for calm, assuring that “no effort will be spared in investigating the incident”.

The father of the late 12-year-old called for an investigation into her death in a statement circulated on social media.

Michael Adeniran said she neither had any health condition nor was she sick when the school bus picked her up for inter-house sports activities last Thursday.

The parents insisted that the lack of an ambulance or first aiders at the venue of the sporting events contributed to the student’s death.

Mrs Adeniran said she was at the stadium to cheer her daughter but could not locate her among the participating students and that no one informed her until the deceased was taken out of the stadium in a school bus.

In a statement signed by the Chairman of the school’s Advisory Board, Ike Ofuokwu, the 12-year-old deceased “slumped in public view and not under any hidden circumstances.”

“Our immediate response was to take advantage of proximity by identifying the nearest medical facility to take her to, where the doctor on duty administered oxygen and every aid possible on her,” said Mr Ofuokwu.

According to the statement, the student opted not to participate in the inter-house sports march past “for reasons we were not very sure about.”