The Lagos State Ministry of Education has ordered the temporary closure of Chrisland Schools, Opebi-Ikeja, following the reported death of a student of the School, Desola Whitney Adeniran.
A statement signed by the State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo said the closure was ordered pending the outcome of a full investigation into the unfortunate incident.
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Mrs. Adefisayo, on behalf of the State Ministry of Education, commiserated with Mr. and Mrs. Adeyemi, parents of Whytney, and prayed for the repose of her soul.
“We also note the impact of this unfortunate event on family, friends and acquaintance of Whytney and call for calm as we assure that no effort will be spared in investigating the incident”, the Commissioner stated.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) had reported that a Nigerian mum, Mrs Blessing Adeniran, called on the management of Chrisland Schools in Lagos State to come clean to her about the death of her 12-year-old daughter, Desola Whitney Adeniran.
Desola was said to have slumped and died while attending the school’s Interhouse sports held at the Agege Stadium last Thursday, February 9.
In a video posted online, the distraught mum said she was at the event to watch her daughter participate. She said she became worried when she did not see her daughter during the match past as well as other sporting events.
Mrs. Adeniran said she decided to go where the students were all kept to check on her child. She said it was while she was there that she was told by a male student that a certain Whitney fainted and had been rushed to the hospital.
According to her, one of the staff saw her and then told her that Whitney had been rushed to the hospital. On getting there, she met her daughter’s corpse. She said up till now, the school has not given in full detail, about what happened to her child.