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  • Fawehinmi‘ll be buried after autopsy – family

    Fawehinmi‘ll be buried after autopsy – family

    The family of late Mohammed Fawehinmi says he will be buried after an autopsy and other necessary arrangements.

    The eldest child of Gani Fawehinmi, Mrs Basirat Fawehinmi-Biobaku, who spoke on behalf of the family, made the announcement at a news conference in Lagos on Thursday.

    Mohammed, the eldest son of late legal icon and activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, died at about 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, after a brief illness in a Lagos hospital, at the age of 52.

    Fawehinmi-Biobaku said the family could not preempt the cause of his death until the release of the autopsy result.

    She added that the deceased would be buried once the family concluded necessary arrangements.

    Fawehinmi-Biobaku added that the family was also waiting for the younger brother of the deceased, Mr Saheed Fawehinmi, from the United States.

    She said the family, though still saddened and in shock, would announce his funeral arrangements in due course.

    “This is after consultations with all relevant stakeholders, both in the country and outside the country,” she said.

    Mohammed was said to have complained of breathing difficulties and was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

    He had a law degree from the University of Buckingham, England, and was called to the Nigerian bar in 1998.

    The deceased was the Chairman of Nigerian Weekly Law Reports before his demise.

    In 2003, he had an accident in Lagos, which affected his spinal cord, confining him to a wheelchair.

  • We conducted autopsies on 99 bodies including Lekki Tollgate victims – Pathologist

    We conducted autopsies on 99 bodies including Lekki Tollgate victims – Pathologist

    Professor John Obafunwa, a forensic pathologist, has told the Lagos State Judicial Panel on restitution for victims of SARS related abuses and other matters, that post mortem autopsies were conducted on 99 bodies after the #EndSARS protests.

    In October, aggrieved protesters trooped to the streets across the country to demand an end to police brutality.Twitter suspension:

    The government had disbanded SARS and promised to look into their demands but the protesters refused to back down until they were forcefully dispersed on October 20, 2020.

    Soldiers had stormed the Lekki tollgate in Lagos, where the protesters had barricaded for close to three weeks, and forced them off the roads.

    There were allegations and counter allegations on the number of persons killed during the incident but the military authorities and the Federal Government denied that there were deaths.

    While dismissing reports on the Lekki tollgate shootings, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information, had taunted government critics by describing the Lekki incident as a massacre without dead bodies.

    But while testifying before the panel on Saturday, the pathologist said officers of the Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (LASEHMU) picked up 99 bodies from different locations.

    He confirmed that three of the bodies were those of victims of the Lekki shootings.

    According to him, the first body of an unknown victim was brought in from Lekki bridge, on October 24.

    He said the body showed a fracture, a laceration on the left side of the skull.

    The pathologist gave the cause of death as bleeding into the chest cavity, following a blunt force trauma to the chest.

    He added that the second body was that of an unidentified individual who died at about 1.45am on October 21 and was taken to Reddington Hospital, Lekki.

    He said the victim was taken to the hospital in an unconscious state as a result of open skull fracture.

    “X-ray conducted prior to touching the body showed no bullet or pellets in the body. The x-ray revealed multiple skull fracture. Autopsy showed there was a ragged laceration running from the left side to the right side of the skull, further exploration of the wound showed bleeding into the scalp, multiple fracture of the skull, bleeding into the brain tissue. In the chest, there was bruises of the anterior, fracture of the left rib.

    “Generally the internal organs were pale and it suggested there was severe blood loss. Hypertensive heart disease, upon examination under the microscope and samples for DNA, death was as a result of skull and brain injury which was due to blunt force trauma.”

    The third case was said to have died at Lekki tollgate and taken to the General Hospital, Yaba, where an autopsy was conducted on November 2.

    The cause of death was said to be severe blood loss as a result of disruption of major blood vessel, caused as a result of gun shot injury.

    The panel, which adjourned till June 19, ordered the pathologist to produce the records and autopsy reports of the remaining 96 bodies.

  • Why we didn’t conduct autopsy on Arotile’s corpse before burial – NAF

    Why we didn’t conduct autopsy on Arotile’s corpse before burial – NAF

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said no autopsy was carried out on Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile because the family of the deceased was satisfied with the explanation on what led to her death.

    According to the air force, Arotile, who was Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, died at the NAF base, Kaduna, after being hit by a car driven by her former classmate with two others on board.

    However, NAF added that the circumstances surrounding her death were clear and no autopsy was needed or demanded by the family.

    Daramola said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Friday.

    He said, “On the issue of autopsy or otherwise that would have been initiated by the family but based on discussions with them and the fact that witnesses were there at the time she was taken to the Nigerian Air Force hospital in Kaduna, there were no doubts as to the cause of death which was head injury as a result of blunt force trauma caused by the vehicle hitting her from the rear.

    “So, in consultation with her family, her father, Akintunde Arotile, said they wanted closure on this matter and that he was comfortable with the Nigerian Air Force’s investigation which of course is also being transferred to the police.

    “Autopsy was not done because it wasn’t requested, the cause of death was already known based on the investigation and how she was taken to the hospital and the confirmation was made. There were no doubts in that regard and there was no request from the family for that specifically. No autopsy was done.”

    Daramola further stated that the Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Road Safety Corps were invited to investigate the incident.

    He said, “First of all, we carried out a preliminary investigation to determine those who were involved, their level of involvement, interviewed witnesses and looked at the scene. That was our own first phase of investigation because it happened on the base.

    “The air force has its own air police directorate where we have forensic and K9 investigators many of whom are trained in and out of the country. Some of them also trained in police institutions and there is a lot of collaboration between the Nigerian Air Force Air Police Wing and the Nigeria Police. Immediately it occurred, we involved the police.”

    The spokesman noted that the person that drove the car, Nehemiah Adejoh, which knocked down Arotile was not 36 but 24 and was a junior of the deceased in the Nigerian Air Force Secondary School.

    Daramola said the case would be handed over to the police today.

  • Nasarawa United approves autopsy on late Chineme Martins

    Nasarawa United approves autopsy on late Chineme Martins

    Management of Nasarawa United Football Club have approved the conduct of an autopsy on late Chineme Martins to unravel the remote cause of his sudden death recently.

    This is contained in a statement signed by Eche Amos, Media Officer of the club, made available to pressmen in Lafia on Tuesday.

    According to Eche, the decision to conduct the autopsy was reached by the management of the club and the immediate family of the late footballer at a meeting held in Lafia on Monday.

    “A meeting involving members of Late Martins’ immediate family led by his elder brother, Michael Chineme, the Management of Nasarawa United FC headed by Isaac Danladi, the Coaching Crew as well as Captains of our Club was held.

    “Based on the agreement between Late Martins’ family and Nasarawa United FC, an autopsy will be conducted to ascertain the remote cause of his death,” said Amos.

    Eche added that a befitting burial will be accorded the late Nasarawa United defender and pleaded for the privacy of Martins’ family be respected.

    “We wish to extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of late Chineme Martins, his team-mates, coaches, loved ones, fans, the football family in Nasarawa State and Nigeria as a whole, and those who are emotionally and psychologically affected by this this ugly incident,” Amos said.

    Recall that late Martins had slumped on the Lafia Township Stadium pitch on Sunday during a 2019/2020 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) fixture between Nasarawa United and Katsina United.

    Efforts made to resuscitate him failed and he was rushed to the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH) in Lafia where he later died.

  • Police release autopsy report of Nigerian wife, daughter killed by Italian husband

    The Police Command in Lagos State on Monday said that the autopsy report on Zainab Nielsen revealed that she died from trauma suffered as a result of the impact on her head.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Zainab and her four-year-old daughter, Petral, were reportedly found dead on April 5 at their Banana Island resident, Ikoyi, where she resided with her husband, Peter Nielsen.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Edgal Imohimi, said the forensic report revealed that there were blood stains from the couples’ bedroom to the kitchen.

    “Even though it was cleverly wiped from the floor, experts were still able to detect it with the application of special chemical reagents.

    “Blood stains were also discovered on the wash hand basins and on the hand towel the suspect used in wiping his hands after the commission of the of fence.

    “Although it was cleverly cleaned up as well, the experts were able to discover that too,” Imohimi said.

    He also said that forensic examinations were being carried out and to be used as evidence against the suspect, Peter Nielsen, who had been charged to court.

    He also gave update on the arrest of five suspects operating an illegal brewery in Ikorodu Area of Lagos.

    The commissioner, who presented the suspects to newsmen, said that the result of the samples taken from the illegal brewery to the laboratory was being awaited.

    “Investigation to ascertain where the product is taken to for bottling or canning is ongoing,” he said. (NAN)